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| Palestinian man indicted as accomplice in botched bus bombings |
| 2025-04-24 |
| [IsraelTimes] Nablus resident, brother of key suspect, accused of helping to prepare bombs that destroyed a number of vehicles in February in Bat Yam and Holon Military prosecutors have indicted a Palestinian man suspected of having helped to carry out a botched bus bombing spree in the suburbs of Tel Aviv two months ago, Israel Police and Shin Bet spokespeople announced on Tuesday. The defendant, a resident of Nablus in his 30s whose name has not been published, is the brother of the suspected terrorist accused of planting the explosives on three buses in Bat Yam. The main suspect has so far evaded police capture. On February 20, three empty buses exploded one after the other in parking lots in Bat Yam. The timed devices were apparently supposed to have detonated Friday morning when the buses were in use, but went off early. Giora Eiland, a former IDF operations chief, speculated that the timers were set incorrectly. There were no injuries in the incidents. Police said they neutralized two other unexploded devices on buses nearby. Hebrew media reports said those devices were discovered in Holon. According to the indictment, the suspect helped prepare the bombs used in the failed attack and helped his brother hide from Israeli authorities after he planted the explosives on buses. Prosecutors said he was aware of the plot as far back as January when his brother showed him oxygen balloons he had purchased to make the explosive devices. The terrorist also asked his brother to purchase remote controls to activate the devices. The suspect bought nails to be used as fragments in the bombs and increase their lethality, prosecutors said. In addition, he is accused of wiring at least one of the bombs to an alarm clock that was used as a timer to set it off. He was charged with cooperating in attempting to cause death. Police said that military prosecutors would indict three more suspects, all residents of Nablus in their 30s, over coming days. All three are suspected of having helped plan the attack. Related: Nablus: 2025-04-19 IDF kills 2 Palestinians throwing stones at Israeli cars in West Bank Nablus: 2025-04-12 2 Arab Israelis arrested for plotting attacks with the Tulkarem Brigades Nablus: 2025-04-11 American billionaire quits Harvard post after being accused of aiding Hamas' October 7 terror attack Related: Bat Yam: 2025-03-07 Holon resident indicted for transporting terrorist who placed bombs on buses last month Bat Yam: 2025-03-01 Palestinians and Israelis brace for escalation on eve of ‘somber and tense’ Ramadan Bat Yam: 2025-02-28 [Paleo] Teen in critical condition after terror suspect plows car into bus stop, injuring 13 |
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