Article: Suicide Bombings Injure 11 Israelis in Gaza Strip; Attacks Follow Islamic Jihad Vows of Revenge

A pair of Palestinian suicide bombers in the self-ruled Gaza Strip attacked two convoys of Israelis within minutes this morning, but they killed only themselves.

The two car bombs, which slightly wounded 11 Israelis, exploded some distance from their targets because Israeli troops in armored jeeps provided close security around the convoys. Israeli forces were operating on high alert because the radical Arab group Islamic Jihad, which buried its slain leader in Damascus on Wednesday, had vowed to mount revenge attacks against the Jewish state. Israel is widely believed in the Arab world to have dispatched the assassins who gunned down the Jihad leader, Fathi Shiqaqi, in Malta last week.

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