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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas claims bus bomber
2016-04-21
[Ynet] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, claims the Jerusalem bus bomber as one of their operatives after the terrorist's death. Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
family of the terrorist hands out sweets and sings praise of the 'operation.'


The terrorist who set off a bomb on the 12 line bus injuring 21 people died of his wounds at Sha'are Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem Wednesday.

Hamas claimed the terrorist, a 19 year old Paleostinian from the Aida refugee camp next to Bethlehem, as one of their operatives.

Hamas made its announcement through its front man in Bethlehem. The operative's name is currently under gag order.

Due to the fact that the Paleostinian man was injured along with others in the blast, he wasn't immediately recognized as the terrorist responsible for the attack. This led Sherlocks to initially believe that the kaboom was the work of a jacket wallah, as a body could not be found.

Over 100 members of the terrorist's family are handing out sweets and singing songs of praise in light of the fact that he became a martyr and because he carried out a successful attack against Israeli citizens.

Additionally, a cousin of the terrorist was killed in a riot attacking Israeli security forces three months ago.

Sources within the Paleostinian security services reported that the Paleostinian who committed the attack was known to them, and was even placed in durance vile
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
by them in 2014. The sources then said that the terrorist left his house in the Aida refugee camp on Monday, and that his family reported to the police the next day that he was missing.
The Times of Israel adds:
The source, who is familiar with the al-Ayda camp, offered some details about the suspect.

The suspect comes from one of the most prominent clans in the Bethlehem area. "If you say [his family name] in Bethlehem, seven people turn around," said the source, who asked not to be named.

"His cousin was recently killed by the IDF (during festivities) on the border (the pre-1967 line) between Bethlehem and Beit Jalah," the source said.

The suspected terrorist’s family did not believe his cousin was involved in the festivities, which took place in mid-January. Instead they claim he was an innocent bystander, passing through the area on his way to university, when he was shot in the chest, the source said.

"The entire family was definitely impacted by this," he said.

At a mourning event for the cousin, the suspect was "angry," the source said.

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
the source doubted the 19-year-old could manufacture his own explosives and instead believed the suspect had been recruited by Hamas to carry out the attack.

“This kid was a very typical kid. The last time I saw him we were sitting on the street, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes,” the source said.

If the suspect was indeed responsible for the bombing, he would not be the first terrorist in the family.

At least two of his relatives, Nasser Hasan Abdul-Hamid Abu Srour and Mahmoud Jamil Hasan Abu Srour, were released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal, which saw the release of 1,027 convicted Lions of Islam in order to bring the kidnapped soldier back to Israel.

Other members of the family, however, are said to be more closely tied to Fatah and hold positions within the United Nation’s Workers Relief Agency, the source said.
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