The Magen David Adom ambulance service reports that paramedics are treating a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s who were both lightly wounded by shrapnel at the site of a major blast in Tel Aviv.
The two were taken to a local hospital.
Police later say that seven people were lightly wounded.
There is still no word from authorities on the cause of the blast. Israeli television reports the IDF and police are checking if it was caused by a drone.
“We call on [local] residents to listen to the Home Front Command’s orders, to refrain from arriving at the scene and not to approach or touch the remnants of rockets, which are likely to contain explosive material,” a police statement says.
The blast was preceded by a whirring sound, according videos from Tel Aviv that are being shared on social media and by Hebrew media outlets
IDF probing Tel Aviv blast as suspected attack by ‘aerial target’
The Israel Defense Forces announces that it’s probing the blast in central Tel Aviv, which it suspects was caused by “an aerial target,” a term the military uses for drones.
No air raid sirens were activated in Tel Aviv ahead of the blast.
Police say sappers dispatched to scene of massive boom in Tel Aviv
Police say they have dispatched sappers and other forces to a building in Tel Aviv where a massive boom was reported.
A statement from the force notes the reports of a blast, without further commenting.
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