Palestinian suicide bomber kills at least 9 in Jerusalem

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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN • MARCH 3, 2002 INTERNATIONAL A6 • • Зм. nity officials who held two acrimoguns into the air as the entrance to pected Palestinian militants and A woman nious and fruitless sessions this Weisheh camp. uncovered rockets and explosives carries a during three days of house-todeadministration past wook.

Arafat's Isnaelis retaliate by firing wounded girl searches in the densely house nourced the bombing in a statemissiles at Palestinian Into a hospital While Palestinians put their but abso criticized Israell ment. packed Balata refigee canip. dead at 23 in the two camps since Authority headquarters and Prime Minister Anel Sharon for the Thursday, the kraeli army the scene of a said Israel soldiers pulled out of a "crimes against Palestinian civilsecond refugee camp Saturday. a factory in Bethlehem about 30 Palestinian gunmen have ians" in the refuge camps. this one on the outskirts of lenin. and bombing killed been • It said it holds Sharon and his Saturday night about 20 miles fom Nablus.

The wounded. It dii not mention Palin Jerusalem. govemment responsible troops and tanks moved to hilltops estinian civiban casualties. JERUSALEM deterioration in the region and A Palestinian overlooking the camp and lenin. any coming deterioration. Israell Col.

Aviv Kochavi, the suicide bomber detonated a ponPalestinian Information Miniscommander of the paratroopers Shortly after the bombing an Iserful explosive Saturday in ter Yawer Abed Rabbo said the Israeli policeman on a motorcycle sighborhood of ultra-Ortiaox carrying out the operation in Balmell actions were "almed at dewas shot dead in a lewish settleata, said troops selzed seven QasJerusalem, killing at least nine peo molishing and destroying the two ment just outside Terusalem, police ple and wounding more than 30. sam rockets that were ready, or camps and making their residents said.

The Al Agsa Martyrs Brigade nearly ready for launch, and seven The attack targeted wotshippers refugees again." He ruled out any also claimed responsibility for that explosive belts, the kind often uned pouring into streets following sunmeetings in the near future be killing, down prayers at the end of the by suicide bombers. tween Israeli and Palestinian secuIn addition to the bomber, nine Jewish Sabbath.

A 1-year-old child people were killed. Several of the was among the dead. dead were children, including a 1Early today, Israeli helicopten chillens They said he came from the Dhei- have been killed in the year-ok! girl, police said. though fired fritt missiles as Palestinian SNOW TUBING & ADVENTURE PARK sheb refuge camp-near Bethlecamps since Thursday.

On Satur they didn't know the exact number and Authe rity headquarters • Horsedrawn Sleigh Rides bem. day. of children. smal factory in Bethlehem.

The boThe bomber entered the Mea search for militants and weapons The neighborhood's ultra• Kids Snowmobile Track rael military said the strike was re Shearim neighborhood in west Jein the Balata refugee camp on the Orthodox Jews, in black coats and taliation for the Jerusalem bomb• Extreme Tube Hill! hats, packed the street and looked rusalem, "spproached a group of edge of Nabhas in the West Bank ing on from the balconies of the old • Indoor Super Play Zone people (and detonated) a large exPalestinian security sources said Palestinian militants had wowed • Muttorpor Fine Dining plosive on his body. said Jerusastone homes lining the road.

Some rafter to attack the Jenasalem bomber was MoIsrael's military in pocce chica puckey Levy. chanted, "no Arabs, no terror athammed Daragnich, 20, a member stormed into two West Bank refutackx" FUN!

Hundreds of Palestinians staged of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Bricades. said Meanwhile Israel's army which is part of Palesinian leader an impromptu celebration, chantdays At least 23 Palestinians KIBOWL 503.222.BOWL Saturday Vasser Arafat's Fatah movement. ing. "revenge, revenge." and firing cludin/ gunmen. policemen and

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"Palestinian suicide bomber kills at least 9 in Jerusalem," The Sunday Oregonian, 3 March 2002. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2002-039. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2002-039