A female suicide bomber detonated explosives at the entrance to a Jerusalem supermarket, killing herself and two other people. At least 19 people were injured in the blast at a strip mall in Kiryat Yovel, a working class Jewish neighborhood in southeastern part of the city. The bomb sprayed glass and debris onto the sidewalk and brought police and rescue workers rushing to the bloody scene. Israel's Police Commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki said apparently three people were killed, including the bomber, though he was not absolutely certain about the figure. The Al Aqsa Brigades, a militia linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility in a phone call, and identified the bomber as Ayat Akhras, 18, from the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem. As word of the bombing spread through the camp, some residents celebrated, handing out candy and firing guns into the air.
Two Israelis in their seventies on their way to synagogue were they were attacked, one on the synagogue steps and the other nearby, and knifed. The Hero of the Arab People was shot like a mad dog by Israeli soldiers as he tried for his third victim. Islamic Jihad claimed the glory for the attack in a message to Reuters.
And the Palestinians counterattack with boomers and street thugs... |