Akiva Eldar, an Israeli political analyst, told Al Jazeera that the attacks on Tel Aviv buses have “paralysed public transportation” in the area on a busy, pre-weekend day. “Many soldiers are coming back home for the weekend and nerves are on edge,” Eldar said. “We don’t know what’s going to happen next with the captives. We hear different rumours about the plans that President Trump has in regard to Gaza, the relocation of people, and there is escalation in the West Bank and now what we are watching is that Tel Aviv is not safe.”