BOOM! Terract in Rishon Le Zion

[Sirotnikov]

UPDATE

Bomb in some sort of an event hall in an Industry and Event Halls neighbourhoods in Rishon Le Zion near Tel-Aviv.

40+ Injured.
20 Dead. (unconfirmed)

4 Story building stands, but 3 bottomn floors collapsed in the inside.

Reports say that terrorist came from Gaza.

Gaza was not touched in Defensive Shield operation.

I imagine that will change in the next couple of days.

[Sirotnikov]

PM Sharon is now about to finish his meeting, and still doesn't know about this, though his team does.

Soon there'll be a press conference.


Israel is surprised that it hapenned so quick (again, assuming it is a terror act) since dozens, literally dozens of terracts were prevented using IDF incursions.

It happenned some 30 minutes ago, 23:00 local time.

[Eli]

Now it's confirmed. A suicide bomber. The pool club is not sure, maybe it's an illegal casino or a wedding hall.

The ceiling collapsed and there are people trapped inside. Some were killed.

The good thing is that it's not a mega-teract like the one prevented a week ago when the Pals wanted to destroy the Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv. The highest skyscrapers in the Middle East. Israel fears that they want a "special" revenge, and not a regular teract, so there was a lot of talking about a possible "mega teract" ala 9/11.

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. watch the top of the thread for the update

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[Ecthy]

2 dead? 40 dead?

besides, coul you do that in one single post that gets updated now and again?

[Sirotnikov]

40 injured.

ok, i'll do that, ecthelion

[Ecthy]

For some reason I took "casualties" as "dead"...

Where in Israel is that place (is it actually there?)?

[Eli]

15+ killed.

Another body probably belongs to the suicide bomber.

[Sirotnikov]

Close to Tel Aviv. It's a suburb of sort.

[Eli]

unconfirmed

20 killed.

There is a theory saying that the bomber came from Gaza. If this is true, Israel may reconquer and "clean" the city. Just like was done in Judea&Samaria during "Defensive Shield".