Bomb Blast Hits Tel Aviv Bus

Israeli police officers stand next to a damaged bus at the scene of an explosion in Tel Aviv (REUTERS/Nir Elias)

At least twenty-one people have been injured in a terrorist attack on a bus in Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv, Israeli officials say.

After the bus explosion, huge blasts were heard in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian territory continued.

This morning’s bus bomb in Tel Aviv was the first terror attack there in years.

The World’s Matthew Bell visited the site, and will report on today’s show how the bombing might affect Tel Aviv’s typically carefree lifestyle.

Photo from the scene of the bus bombing in Tel Aviv this afternoon twitter.com/IDFSpokesperso…

— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 21, 2012

LISTEN Celebratory gun fire in #Gaza after news of Tel Aviv Bus explosion.soundcloud.com/jondonnison/ce… #Israel #Telaviv

— Jon Donnison (@JonDonnison) November 21, 2012

The World’s Matthew Bell filed this audio from the blast scene in Tel Aviv:

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