Hamas claims Tel Aviv bomb explosion as suicide attack

Israeli security forces said Sunday's blast killed the suspected attacker and injured a passer-by.

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A statement from the armed group said it had been a “martyrdom operation" carried out in co-operation with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

It also warned that suicide attacks would “return to the forefront” if Israel continued what it called “massacres” of Palestinians.

Israel’s police force and Shin Bet domestic security service said earlier that they could confirm it was a terrorist attack involving a powerful explosive device.

The blast happened on Lehi Street in southern Tel Aviv, about an hour after the US secretary of state landed in the city to push for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.

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