Suicide Bus Bomb Kills 19

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian university student killed at least 19 Israelis — two of them schoolchildren — and wounded more than 50 when he blew himself up on a crowded bus in Jerusalem yesterday, the worst attack in the city in six years.
The militant Hamas group took responsibility for the bomb attack.
The blast came as the bus packed with schoolchildren made its way through the suburb of Gilo on the south side of Jerusalem.
In its initial response to the attack, the Israeli government early today declared that it will retake parts of the West Bank and hold them as long as terror attacks continue.
The Palestinian organization pledged to "find and stop anyone attempting to carry out operations."
Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah began hoarding food in anticipation of an Israeli retaliation.