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.
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