Israeli Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Friday that Syria and Iran were behind Monday's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which left nine civilians dead and dozens wounded, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Olmert made the remarks during a meeting with a U.S. Congress finance committee delegation.

Israeli intelligence information found that the instruction for the bombing came from the Islamic Jihad office in Damascus and that a confirmation of the attack was sent back there shortly after the suicide bomber blew himself up, Olmert was quoted as saying.

Olmert claimed that the Iranians were funding and guiding terrorism against Israel through Syria.

Iran and Syria were also enhancing ties with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which is sworn to Israel's destruction, according to Olmert.

Olmert also warned that Israel would take unilateral measures for its security, including fixing final borders with the Palestinians, if terror attacks continue.

Source: Xinhua