Aftermath of suicide bombing in West Bank

Описание: (29 Dec 2005)

1. Injured Palestinian man being put in ambulance
2. White car which suspected bomber was driving
3. Various Israeli soldiers at scene
4. Two armed soldiers walking around scene
5. Wide blast site
6. Israeli army vehicle arriving at scene


STORYLINE:

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near an Israeli military checkpoint in the northern West Bank on Thursday, killing one Israeli soldier and two Palestinians.

The bombing took place just south of the Palestinian town of Tulkarem, about three kilometres (two miles) inside the West Bank.

The army said it had erected the roadblock after receiving warnings that a suicide bomber was headed toward Israel.

The bombing came hours after Israeli warplanes and artillery forces pounded the northern Gaza Strip, beginning an aggressive new policy aimed at stopping Palestinian rocket fire from the area.

The army has threatened to shoot anyone who approached the border.

Military officials said the bomber was travelling in a taxi headed toward Israel that was stopped at the roadblock for a security check.

The bomber then exited the vehicle, as requested by soldiers, and approached them and blew himself up.

The army said two the Palestinians killed in addition to the bomber, included an accomplice and the taxi driver.

Three Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, the army added.

The Arabic satellite station al-Arabiya reported that Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The claim could not immediately be confirmed, though Islamic Jihad earlier this week rebuffed an appeal from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to halt attacks on Israelis.

After the attack, the army imposed closures on the West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Qalqiliya, preventing people from coming in and out.

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