Israel has blamed Palestinian militants for a coordinated triple bus bombing in Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv. Three buses were destroyed, and a fourth bomb was defused, with Israeli officials claiming the attacks were intended for rush-hour mass casualties.

Israeli police said in an update they have identified four devices attempted to be used in a "coordinated terror attack."

A series of explosions Thursday on three parked buses has rattled central Israel in what authorities suspected was a militant attack. No injuries were reported. The explosions happened on a day when Israel was already grieving after Hamas returned the bodies of four hostages from Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal.