UPDATE: 21 wounded as bomb rips through Jerusalem bus; We’ll settle the score with these terrorists says - Netanyahu

The rported bomb blast ripped through a bus in Jerusalem on Monday and sparked a fire, wounding at least 21 people, Israeli police said, in an apparent escalation in a wave of violence. Earlier, Israeli rescue service says a bus has exploded in the heart of Jerusalem, wounding at least 10

Details were still emerging, but police said a bomb had exploded on one bus in a relatively isolated area of Jerusalem, sparking a fire that spread to another one as well as a car.

Israeli domestic security agency Shin Bet referred to the explosion as a “terror attack”.

The bombing was expected to lead to a sharp increase in security ahead of Jewish Passover celebrations beginning Friday night.