A massive explosion rocked occupied Jerusalem’s central bus station on Wednesday afternoon where at least four were killed and 25 people had been wounded

A massive explosion rocked occupied Jerusalem's central bus station on Wednesday afternoon where at least four were killed and 25 people had been wounded, Al-Manar TV correspondent said.

The explosion occurred shortly after 3:00 pm (1300 GMT) and shook buildings hundreds of meters away, witnesses said.

Micky Rosenfeld, the foreign press spokesman for the Israel Police, said that a bag that was left near the bus station exploded when the bus passed. "This was not a suicide attack," Rosenfeld said.

Police have reported that the explosion in Jerusalem was caused by a medium sized explosive device which was set near a public phone booth adjacent to the Jerusalem Convention Center in the center of the occupied city.

Sirens echoed through the city as dozens of ambulances and fire engines raced to the scene, with media reports taking of at least three people who were very badly injured.

The blast occurred as tensions ran high when Israeli occupation martyred eight Palestinians, four of them children, in two separate attacks on Gaza City. The Islamic Jihad movement, the Al Quds Brigades, vowed to step up its attacks on Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled his scheduled trip to Moscow in the wake of the Jerusalem bombing.