A drill conducted by Israeli bomb squads in Tel Aviv on Wednesday caused panic when residents mistook a mock explosion in the center of the city for a Palestinian attack, according to Israeli media accounts.
The drill was carried out near the Diamond Exchange Complex.
Israeli security forces are on high alert bracing for Palestinian attacks in revenge for a massacre in Nablus Tuesday, when Israeli missiles killed eight Palestinians including five senior members of Hamas movement and two children.
Sixteen Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the last 48 hours, 14 of them assassinated – Albawaba.com
