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Aug. 20, 2003
At least 18 dead, including 3 children, in Jerusalem bus bomb
By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
A stroller left at the site of a suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday, August 19th, 2003.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up on board a bus in Jerusalem at about 9:15pm on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding scores, many of them children.
One two-year-old died in hospital.
A second bus nearby was also hit by the blast, which took place on Road One near Shmuel Hanavi St., near many yeshivot and close to the point where the Arab east and Jewish western sides of the city meet. Rescuers had to use blow torches to evacuate some of the wounded from the second bus.
Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack.
Israel has frozen all diplomatic talks with the Palestinians and the handover of the four Palestinian West Bank cities agreed upon last week.
Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy said the explosives charge was particularly large; Avi Zohar, head of Israel Medical Relief Services, said this was the biggest bus explosion in the past three years. 103 wounded persons have been evacuated to hospital.
Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus received 28 injured, among them 13 children, Channel One reported. One child is severely wounded. Many of the injured children were burned during the fire that erupted after the bomb went off.
Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital received 39 wounded.
A 1-month-old baby is being treated at Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, his identity unknown.
In its claim of responsibility for the attack, Islamic Jihad said the bomber was one Raed Nisak of Hebron and that the attack was a response to the killing of one of its operatives last week.
But Hamas members also faxed claims of responsibility to the Hezbollah station; Hamas' Abdel Aziz Rantisi denied the organization's involvement.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas was meeting with Islamic Jihad leaders in the Gaza Strip at the time of the explosion, in a renewed attempt to persuade them to halt attack.
Abbas condemned the bombing as a "terrible act" and said he ordered Palestinian security forces to investigate.
Dore Gold, an Israeli government spokesman, said "Israel will have to protect its population."
The bus was making its way from the Wall to the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood.
Hospitals phone numbers:
Bikur Holim Hospital: 125-5123
Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem: 125-5122
Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus: 125-5121
Sha'arei Tzedek: 125-5125
Jerusalem Municipality: 106 (02-531-4600)
No area code is necessary when calling these numbers. Overseas callers need to dial Israel's country code 972.
Aug. 20, 2003
At least 18 dead, including 3 children, in Jerusalem bus bomb
By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF
A stroller left at the site of a suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday, August 19th, 2003.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up on board a bus in Jerusalem at about 9:15pm on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people and wounding scores, many of them children.
One two-year-old died in hospital.
A second bus nearby was also hit by the blast, which took place on Road One near Shmuel Hanavi St., near many yeshivot and close to the point where the Arab east and Jewish western sides of the city meet. Rescuers had to use blow torches to evacuate some of the wounded from the second bus.
Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack.
Israel has frozen all diplomatic talks with the Palestinians and the handover of the four Palestinian West Bank cities agreed upon last week.
Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy said the explosives charge was particularly large; Avi Zohar, head of Israel Medical Relief Services, said this was the biggest bus explosion in the past three years. 103 wounded persons have been evacuated to hospital.
Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus received 28 injured, among them 13 children, Channel One reported. One child is severely wounded. Many of the injured children were burned during the fire that erupted after the bomb went off.
Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital received 39 wounded.
A 1-month-old baby is being treated at Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, his identity unknown.
In its claim of responsibility for the attack, Islamic Jihad said the bomber was one Raed Nisak of Hebron and that the attack was a response to the killing of one of its operatives last week.
But Hamas members also faxed claims of responsibility to the Hezbollah station; Hamas' Abdel Aziz Rantisi denied the organization's involvement.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas was meeting with Islamic Jihad leaders in the Gaza Strip at the time of the explosion, in a renewed attempt to persuade them to halt attack.
Abbas condemned the bombing as a "terrible act" and said he ordered Palestinian security forces to investigate.
Dore Gold, an Israeli government spokesman, said "Israel will have to protect its population."
The bus was making its way from the Wall to the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood.
Hospitals phone numbers:
Bikur Holim Hospital: 125-5123
Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem: 125-5122
Hadassah Hospital, Mount Scopus: 125-5121
Sha'arei Tzedek: 125-5125
Jerusalem Municipality: 106 (02-531-4600)
No area code is necessary when calling these numbers. Overseas callers need to dial Israel's country code 972.
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