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Article: Israeli officials mull response after bus bombing kills at least 14
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- Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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- October 22, 2002
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Segal, Naomi
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
10-22-2002
JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (JTA) -- Israeli officials are blaming the Palestinian
Authority for a suicide bus bombing in northern Israel, but political
sources say the government is unlikely to respond this time by isolating
Yasser Arafat.
At least 14 people were killed and more than 45 injured Monday when a bus
traveling from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv exploded in northern Israel. The
explosion occurred when a jeep packed with explosives drove up behind the
bus near Hadera and blew up.
While Israeli officials had not announced a response, analysts said they
seemed unlikely to renew the sort of siege imposed on Arafat's Ramallah
headquarters following a ...