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Article: Palestinian gunman responds to Israeli raid; 16 wounded at bus stop: Israeli troops kill 4 Islamic militants in the West Bank
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2002
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JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Israelis
waiting at a bus stop in the heart of Jerusalem on Tuesday, fatally
wounding two and injuring 14 others, hours after Israeli commandos
stormed an explosives lab and killed four Islamic militants in the
West Bank. The violence provoked outrage and warnings of retaliation
on both sides.
Mideast tensions again are surging after several weeks of relative
calm, with the Israelis effectively keeping Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat under house arrest at his West Bank government compound, and
militant Palestinians abandoning an informal truce.
The Israelis said they launched Tuesday's raid in the West Bank
city of Nablus and other ...