Israel Police's Tel Aviv District Central Unit has filed a prosecutor's statement against two suspects for allegedly detonating an explosive device under a car in Holon in April and planting another device at an apartment entrance in Ashdod in March. No injuries were reported in the Holon blast; the Ashdod device was neutralized. The suspects, residents of Tel Aviv and Bat Yam in their 30s, were arrested in May, police said.
Police said the investigation, led by the Tel Aviv District Central Unit (YMR), identified the suspects through technological means and forensic evidence collected at both scenes. The Holon blast on April 14 damaged a parked car but caused no injuries. The Ashdod device, placed on March 14 at the entrance to an apartment on Uzi Hitman Street, was neutralized without detonation. The suspects were arrested on May 25 as the investigation shifted to open phase. Their detention was extended periodically at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court. On Thursday, the prosecution filed a statement of prosecutor's intent, signaling a planned indictment within days along with a request for remand until the end of proceedings. The motive is criminal, police said, without elaborating on potential links to organized crime or personal disputes. The case adds to a recent uptick in explosive-device incidents in central Israel, including a device neutralized in Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev district in early June (as The Zioneer reported on June 10) and the suspected criminal bombing of a vehicle on the Ayalon highway in late May.
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