Bomb Blast Near Synagogue in Tel Aviv Confirmed as Terrorist Attack

Hamas took credit for a bombing in Tel Aviv on Aug. 18, one that apparently went awry, with the device exploding prematurely and killing only the bomber. The explosion, near a synagogue on Aug. 18, also injured one passerby. Police and security forces confirmed on Aug. 19 that it was a terrorist attack. In a statement, Hamas said that it had carried out the attack, which it termed a “martyrdom operation,” along with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Gaza-based terrorist group. Hamas said the suicide bombings would continue in response to Israeli attacks “as long as the massacres of the occupiers and the policy of targeted killings continue.”...