The military branches of the Hamas movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility for the martyrdom operation last night in Tel Aviv in a joint statement.

Iran PressWest Asia: Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades on Monday, August 19, 2024, claimed responsibility for the deadly bomb blast in Tel Aviv on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

Al-Qassam Brigades said they conducted the military operation in cooperation with the Islamic Jihad movement's armed wing, the Al Quds Brigades.

Hamas warned that suicide bombings would continue in response to the Israeli attacks.

Kataib al-Qassam and Saraya al-Quds in their statement today, while taking responsibility for last night's operations in Tel Aviv, announced that as long as the Israeli regime's crimes in the Gaza Strip, including the killing and displacement of civilians and assassinations, continue, these kind of operations will continue in the occupied territories.

Earlier, the Israeli regime's police said they were “99%” sure that the deadly bomb blast in Tel Aviv was an attempted attack.

The Shin Bet spy agency is looking into the bomb blast that caused significant damage to a truck.