Arrest made in Tel Aviv bus bombing

The lunchtime attack happened Wednesday near the Defense Ministry headquarters. Police say the suspect is a member of Hamas A Hamas leader denied Wednesday his party was involved 24 people were wounded in the attack, three of them seriously, police say Jerusalem (CNN) -- An Arab-Israeli has been arrested in connection with Wednesday's bombing in Tel Aviv of a bus, in which 24 people were wounded, police said Thursday. The suspect is from Taibeh in central Israel, said police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld. The bomb was detonated by cell phone, he said. The arrest occurred Wednesday, and the attacker was carrying out orders from Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the village of Beit Lakia, in the area of Ramallah, he said. The spokesman said the arrest occurred several hours after the attack in an operation carried out by the Israeli police, the IDF and intelligence. He added that the investigation was continuing. Three of the victims were seriously wounded in the lunchtime attack, which occurred near the Defense Ministry headquarters, police said. The attack occurred a few hours before the declaration of a cease-fire that halted eight days of hostilities between Gaza and Israel. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Wednesday that Hamas was not involved in the attack, which he blamed on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Who created the circumstances that led to this?" he asked. 'It is Benjamin Netanyahu with his crimes, in killing the kids of Gaza, and the continuity of aggression." CNN's Sara Sidner contributed to this report from Gaza City.