A suicide bomber has successfully detonated himself near the old central Tel Aviv bus station in Israel proper. Initial reports are sketchy concerning the attack and at least 14 people have been injured. So far there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack but considering all terrorist organization have effectively renounced the alleged negotiated period of calm with Israel on January 1, 2006, fill in the blank with any or all of the usual suspects; Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade, PLPF.
Hamas may be the most likely suspect as a senior Hamas commander was killed in a shoot-out with the IDF in Tulkarm on Tuesday as he attempted to avoid capture when a bomb factory was uncovered by the IDF in a search of his home. It would also remind Palestinian voters that Hamas still has its street creds to keep on detonating.
Or it may just be the old stand-by - Islamic Jihad. If Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the carnage we need to ask ourselves how is it that one of the smallest and most under funded terrorist organizations in Israel can still manage to launch attacks inside Israel when it has spent the last year being the special interest of the IDF?
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