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A Palestinian bomb attack was carried out on a bus in the Talpiot neighborhood in Jerusalem on 18 April 2016 at around 18:00.

[citation needed] Hamas admitted that the assailant was a member of the West Bank branch of the organization, but did not claim responsibility for the bombing,[8][9][10] it hailed the bomber as a "martyr.

"[1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation; "We will locate those who prepared this explosive device.

[11][12] Another Hamas spokesman, Husam Badran said that "this attack affirms to everyone one that our people will not abandon the resistance path.