Israel: Bomb attacks in Jerusalem

Damaged bus in Jerusalem, November 23.

According to the Israeli police, it could be a combined attack.

Investigators are looking into the technology used by the authors of this double explosion.

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Double explosion this November 23 in the morning in Jerusalem.

There is one dead, many injured and a general state of alert.

The Israeli police confirm that these are bomb attacks.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

The first bomb exploded at the entrance to the city in a bus station where many soldiers line up every morning on their way to their base.

A charge concealed in a bag exploded during rush hour.

Shortly after, it is at a crossroads in the north of the city, near a district located beyond the green line that another device explodes.

Combined attack?

According to the Israeli police, it could be a combined attack.

Investigators are looking into the technology used by the perpetrators of this double explosion to try to understand if the two bombs are homemade or if military-grade explosives and detonators were used.

At least one person was killed, a police spokeswoman told AFP;

the man, who was not immediately identified, had been seriously injured in one of the two explosions, described as " 

 " by the police.

He succumbed to his injuries in Shaare Zedek Hospital. 

General state of alert

In any case, it's been years that this technique of attacks had not been used.

Be that as it may, a general state of alert has been triggered to find the perpetrators of these attacks, which have not been claimed at this stage at least.

In Gaza, Hamas has already welcomed this double explosion.

And Itamar Ben Gvir, the far-right deputy and future police minister, announced that he was going there.

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