"If the bomb hadexploded, it would have caused many casualties," a high ranking police officer told Ynet on Thursday regarding an incident which took place on Bograshov St. in Tel Aviv this week.
It might have been the string of terror attacks or the stormy weather that turned attention away from the drama that took place in the center of Tel Aviv last week.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, at the corner of Bograshov and Ben Yehuda Streets - one of the busier parts of the city during the afternoon hours.
The man immediately called police, who wasted no time in dispatching large numbers of police officers - mainly due to the tense security situation.
Witness attested to seeing an unknown individual push the trash bin 10 meters from its original location hours before the incident, and it is likely that the individual had placed the explosive materials in the bin.