Israeli media reported that an Israeli was killed and another was injured in a truck bombing in southern Tel Aviv, while the police and Shin Bet opened an investigation into the incident.

She said that the police and the General Security Service opened an investigation into the background of the incident, and are examining the possibility that the operation had "subversive nationalist" motives, which are descriptions usually given to operations carried out by Palestinians against Israeli targets.

Tel Aviv police explained that the person killed in the truck bombing was carrying an explosive device, and that the condition of his body prevented his identification to determine the background of the operation.

Maariv newspaper quoted the Israeli police as saying that the explosion in Tel Aviv was the result of an explosive device.

In turn, Israeli Channel 14 reported that estimates are increasing that the truck bombing in Tel Aviv was a sabotage operation.

The Israeli channel reported that the condition of the body of the person killed in the bombing prevents identification, and that the person appears to be wearing an explosive belt.

Earlier, Al Jazeera correspondent Najwan Samri said that the incident took place about two hours ago, and that initial estimates by the Israeli police indicated that the operation was criminal and part of the Israeli guerrilla war, before the Shin Bet entered the investigation into the operation, and put forward the hypothesis of what it described as a "sabotage" operation, in reference to the possibility that it was part of the operations carried out by Palestinians against Israeli targets.

Source: Al Jazeera