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4 Israelis Killed in West Bank Suicide Bombing
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1197615:3919ACA Witnesses say
bomber was disguised as a religious Jew





Israeli soldiers, police inspect wreckage of car after it explodes
near West Bank Jewish settlement of Kedoumim A Palestinian suicide
bomber has killed four Israelis at the entrance to a West Bank Jewish
settlement.

Witnesses say the bomber was disguised as a religious Jew. The Israeli
military says three Israelis in a car apparently agreed to give him a
ride. The attacker then blew himself up near the settlement of
Kedumin, west of Nablus.

The body of the fourth Israeli was found near the site of the
explosion.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of the Fatah Party of
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility for the
attack. The group identified the bomber as a 24-year-old man from
Hebron.

Separately, Israel carried out an airstrike in the Gaza Strip early
Friday, hitting an area used by Palestinian militants for firing
rockets into Israel.

Palestinians say the missile attack damaged a bridge and broke a water
pipe. There were no reports of casualties. Some information for this
report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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