A suspected Islamic terrorist accidentally blew himself up in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday night while he was transporting a bomb that authorities believe was either meant for a suicide attack or to be placed and remotely detonated.

The incident happened at around 8 p.m. when Israel Police’s emergency hotline was flooded with calls about an explosion that happened.

“It has been confirmed as a bomb explosion,” police said. “As a result of the explosion, one person, whose identity is still unknown, was killed, and another person was moderately injured according to medical sources and was transported to a hospital for treatment.”

Footage from a nearby security camera captured the powerful blast.

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Footage from this evening showing the detonation of a bomb in Tel Aviv aimed at carrying out an attack. The suspect was killed in the detonation. pic.twitter.com/Ze4tkrZufM

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) August 18, 2024

Officials released photos of the suspect to the media, a military-aged male who was carrying a large backpack prior to the explosion.

Israeli police also released footage from the area after the explosion that showed the impact from the explosion.

Israeli police published documentation of the site where a suspected car bomb prematurely detonated in Tel Aviv this evening. pic.twitter.com/o21yiFIgSE

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) August 18, 2024

Joe Truzman, a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that the bomber could have originated out of Judea and Samaria or could have ties to Iran or Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon.

“With the news that Hamas rejected the ceasefire proposal, it is possible that either of these actors decided to execute their response to recent Israeli actions,” he said. “There is also the possibility that the suspect was tied to the Islamic State or inspired by other terrorist entities. Think the Jerusalem bombing in 2022 carried out by Islam Faroukh.”

This is the second time in just a week that Islamic terrorists have had a bomb detonate prematurely in Israel.

Earlier tonight a Car Bomb being driven by Two Terrorists towards an Israeli Position suffered a Premature Detonation within the City of Halhul near Hebron in the West Bank, with both Terrorists being Severely Injured in the Explosion. Security Forces from the Palestinian… pic.twitter.com/6UGcHJPFK9

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 14, 2024

Democrats took a virtual beating over the weekend as preparations are underway for the party’s national convention — which is scheduled to take place this week in Chicago, Illinois. Part of that preparation — due to expected protests from the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas crowd — involves businesses boarding up and a literal wall of fencing being installed around the venue.

Scott Schapiro, who owns a menswear store that has been looted several times in the past, explained that some store owners are getting proactive simply because they’d “be safe than sorry.”

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“It’s better to be safe than sorry. Most retailers are eternal optimists. They always think tomorrow is going to be better than today, and you always hope for the best, but it doesn’t always work out that way,” he said.

Downtown Chicago businesses boarding up ahead of anti-Israel protests at DNC: ‘We want to have maximum protection’ https://t.co/pKSuPuqISv pic.twitter.com/QcTky6U6lp

— New York Post (@nypost) August 17, 2024

Democrats are building a huge wall around the DNC convention.pic.twitter.com/PG4rgi1VED

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 18, 2024

Critics had a field day with the fencing, largely poking fun at the Democrats’ insistence that former President Donald Trump’s planned border wall was a waste of time because a wall would never work.

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“VP Harris called Trump’s boder wall stupid, waste of money. Now builds DNC border fence,” Rep. Darrell Issa posted.

VP Harris called Trump’s boder wall stupid, waste of money.

Now builds DNC border fence. https://t.co/gcH306MZLU

— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) August 18, 2024

“Wait!! Democrats told us walls are racist & they don’t work!” Mary Walter, added.

Wait!! Democrats told us walls are racist & they don’t work!
##LiberalHypocrisy https://t.co/TDFhVpN0Ie

— Mary Walter (@MaryWalterRadio) August 18, 2024

“Hey look… Democrats are building a wall around the DNC. They can build walls to keep Hamas protesters out but can’t build a wall to keep illegals out of the US,” another posted.

Hey look… Democrats are building a wall around the DNC 🤦🏻‍♂️

They can build walls to keep Hamas protesters out but can’t build a wall to keep illegals out of the US. pic.twitter.com/l28gn1vyJe

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 18, 2024

Another added, “Democrats: ‘Walls can’t protect US Borders!! Walls are RACIST!!’ Also Democrats: ‘We need a Wall around the entire Chicago DNC Convention to protect us from our own Liberal Domestic Terrorists!!'”

Democrats: “Walls can’t protect US Borders!! Walls are RACIST!!”

Also Democrats: “We need a Wall around the entire Chicago DNC Convention to protect us from our own Liberal Domestic Terrorists!!” pic.twitter.com/VQYfn4eaMS

— Michael Hustus 🇺🇸 (@HustusMichael) August 17, 2024

In addition, so many protesters are expected to descend on the city that police officers are seeing their time off canceled ahead of the convention.

Police Union leader John Catanzara spoke to the Chicago Sun Times and argued that canceling time off would destroy morale just prior to a high-stress event: “[It’s] a recipe for disaster.”