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By Sonja Pace
Jerusalem
17 April 2006
Israeli police forensics experts remove a body from the site of a suicide bomb attack near a fast food restaurant in Tel Aviv Monday, April 17, 2006
A Palestinian suicide bomber1 has killed at least nine people and wounded dozens more in central Tel Aviv. The Palestinian militant2 group, Islamic Jihad, has claimed responsibility and Israel says it is weighing its response.
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The calm of the Jewish Passover holiday week was shattered Monday when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a fast-food restaurant near Tel Aviv's old bus station. The attack came shortly before two o'clock in the afternoon local time.
Within minutes, ambulances rushed to the scene and rescue service officials spoke3 of a large number of injured.
An eyewitness4 told of a horrible scene at the blast site.
The witness told Israeli radio he heard a huge explosion and ran from his shop to where the bomb went off. He said he saw people covered in blood. It was terrible, he said.
Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the blast and an Arab television station later aired a video tape showing a young man, who appeared to be in his teens and who identified himself as Sami Hamad of the Quds Brigade of Islamic Jihad.
Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for most of the suicide bombings over the past year.
Monday's bombing was the first such attack since the militant Islamic group Hamas took over the reins5 of the Palestinian government last month.
In Jerusalem, just before attending the opening of the new legislative6 session in the Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert told members of his Kadima Party that Israel is weighing its response.
Mr. Olmert said consultations7 are under way to decide on how to respond to the bombing. He said there is no way to prevent all such attacks, but he warned Israel would know how to react and when.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned8 the bombing, saying it runs counter to Palestinian interests.
Hamas, however, defended the attack as self defense9. A Hamas spokesman said it was a "natural result" of Israeli aggression10 against the Palestinian people. He said the Israeli occupation is to blame.
1 bomber | |
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者 | |
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adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的 | |
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n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找 | |
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8 condemned | |
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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9 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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10 aggression | |
n.进攻,侵略,侵犯,侵害 | |
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