Monday, April 17th, 2006

Time

Event

11:04a

Terror - Tel Aviv JPOST: AT LEAST 9 KILLED, 60 WOUNDED IN TA BLAST BBC: A Palestinian suicide bomber has killed at least eight people along with himself and injured around 50 at a Tel Aviv falafel restaurant/.../Hamas, which has been keeping a truce with Israel, said the attack was an act of self-defence. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned the bombing, saying it ran counter to Palestinian interests. CNN: The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility/.../A Hamas spokesman, in an interview with Al-Jazeera television, described the attack as an "act of self-defense" against the Israeli occupation. Hamas, which has maintained a case-fire, refuses to recognize the right of Israel to exist and faces isolation from the international community. Palestinian legislator Saeb Erakat said the attack has been condemned by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas -- a member of the Fatah party that Hamas defeated in the January 25 elections. (4 Comments | Comment on this)

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