Around 03:00 this morning, a fragmentation grenade was thrown at the lobby of a residential building on Yitzhak Sadeh Street in Bat Yam, causing damage to the entrance area. Police arrested three suspects, aged 17, 31, and 33, residents of southern Israel, who were seen fleeing the scene in a vehicle, Channel 12 reports.
A fragmentation grenade was thrown at the lobby of a residential building on Yitzhak Sadeh Street in Bat Yam around 03:00 Sunday morning, causing damage to the entrance area. Police arrested three suspects—aged 17, 31, and 33, residents of southern Israel—who were seen fleeing the scene in a vehicle. The suspects are to be brought to a remand extension hearing later Sunday, according to Channel 12.
The Zioneer first reported the incident at 09:54 Sunday, noting the grenade explosion and the arrest of three suspects. By 10:03, the desk added that the suspects included a minor and were residents of southern Israel. The latest update, at 10:11, confirmed the suspects' ages and the location on Yitzhak Sadeh Street.
The Bat Yam attack is the latest in a series of fragmentation grenade incidents in central Israel. As The Zioneer reported on Thu Jun 25, three suspects were arrested in connection with a May grenade blast in Or Yehuda that wounded five civilians. On Tue Jul 14, two suspects aged 17 and 19 were arrested over a grenade explosion in south Tel Aviv. On Mon Jul 13, police investigated a suspected grenade thrown at a home in Or Yehuda. On Thu Jul 23, a Lod resident was arrested on suspicion of throwing a grenade at a house in Herzliya.
Police have not disclosed a motive for the Bat Yam attack. The investigation is ongoing.
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