FoxNews reports that one Israeli has been killed and one injured in Hebron as Sharon and Abbas are to meet. The bomber walked up to a IDF soldier, who told him to stop, whereupon the boomer exploded.
FOLLOWUP, from AP...
A Palestinian suicide bomber disguised as an observant Jew blew himself up in a West Bank square crowded with Israeli settlers Saturday, killing himself and an Israeli man. The attack came just two hours before a planned meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, the first such summit since the outbreak of fighting 31 months ago. Another Israeli was in critical condition, paramedics said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday's attack in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. However, Palestinian militias have said they would try to sabotage a U.S.-backed peace plan that calls on Abbas to disarm militants.
| I think we can pretty well guess who dunnit. I'll either be Hamas, Islamic Jihad or al-Aqsa, or a combination of two out of three. Since Abbas could be on the verge of making Yasser look like the ineffective thug he is, I'd say al-Aqsa will be involved, wholly or in part. Hamas, seeing the prospect of the PA taking baby steps toward acting like a government instead of a cabal, would be my guess for the second party involvement... |
Israeli military officials said the assailant apparently was disguised as an observant Jew. As he stood in Gross Square, near Jewish settler enclaves in downtown Hebron, he aroused the suspicion of Israeli soldiers patrolling there. When troops approached the suspect, he ran toward a group of settlers and blew himself up. The bomber and an Israeli man were killed. |