Hamas spokesman, Abd al Latif Kanou, welcomed the explosion at the bus station in Jerusalem.

"The Zionist Occupation is paying the price today for its crimes and aggression against our people and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we have warned about this repeatedly. Our people will not remain silent in the face of this, and the outrage Al-Aqsa will explode and spread in all areas," he was quoted as saying.