A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and seven bus passengers in northern Israel, threatening to brake the growing momentum towards a ceasefire to halt 18 months of violence. The attack came as senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials were due to meet US peace envoy Anthony Zinni. The eight were killed and 35 people wounded, six seriously, in the blast that tore through a bus crowded mostly with Israeli Arabs heading to work near the 'green line' separating Israel and the West Bank, police said.
The purpose at this point is to push perceived advantage and to send Zinni packing again. Then they can go back to war of attrition. |