Yup, pallies hard at the peace process.
Just luvvvvv the last bit (in bold)
Israelis dead in Ariel and Rosh Ha'ayin blasts
By Roni Singer, Jonathan Lis and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Two Israelis were killed and 12 people were wounded
in two separate suicide attacks Tuesday morning,
one in the Israeli town of Rosh Ha'ayin and a
second at the entrance to the West Bank settlement
of Ariel.
These are the first major
attacks since militant
Palestinian organizations
declared a temporary truce on
June 29. However, there have
been several other
nationalistic attacks on
Israelis since the truce, or
hudna, was signed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
for either attack.
In the first attack at around 9 A.M., in Rosh
Ha'ayin, close to the Green Line, a suicide
bomber activated an explosive device held in
his backpack near the entrance to the NewPharm
pharmacy, which is part of a shopping center.
He was able to enter the pharmacy with the bomb
despite the presence of a security guard.
Police said the blast was small, but it led to a
fire that burned down several stores.
Police found two corpses in the shopping center,
located in the Neve Afek neighborhood, that of
a victim and the suicide bomber. The
approximately 10 people who were wounded,
including four who suffered serious injuries,
were taken to Sharon and Beilinson hospitals in
Petah Tikva, which is west of Rosh Ha'ayin.
This is the first terror attack to take place in
Rosh Ha'ayin.
A short time before the Rosh Ha'ayin blast,
police had gone on high alert in the Sharon
region due to reports of a terrorist having
infiltrated the area. After the attacks, police
declared a high alert throughout the country.
In the second attack, in Ariel, a suicide bomber
set off the explosive device strapped to his
body when he saw three young Israelis at a bus
stop on the road heading from the West Bank
settlement toward Tel Aviv, said Ariel mayor
Ron Nahman. One Israeli and the bomber were
killed, and two people were seriously wounded.
Palestinian militant organizations have recently
been threatening that they will no longer hold
to the cease-fire.
"The terror attack in Rosh Ha'ayin emphasizes
the need for the PA to once and for all take
immediate steps to dismantle the terror
infrastructure," David Baker, an official at
the Prime Minister's Office, said Tuesday.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad spokesmen said they
didn't know who was responsible for the attacks
and that their groups remained committed to the
cease-fire.
Ismail Hanieh, a spokesman for Hamas, laid the
blame for the attacks at Israel's feet.
"This situation was born as a result of Israel's
refusal to commit to the Palestinian hudna," he
said.
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