(Source: Xinhua) Terrorism hits back to Jerusalem. A strong explosion occurred at a bus stop line 74, near the convention center 'Palace of the Nation'. A woman aged 60 died in hospital. Wounds 30 others in the attack. According to CNN, two women are serious in an advanced state of pregnancy. At first it seemed that the explosion had been caused by a suicide bomber.
But later determined that the bomb was triggered by a bomb that was found in a bag at the bus stop. The area of the incident was isolated and inspections are carried out now to find other devices that may still be in the area. The authorship of the attack has not yet been claimed by any organization.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjanim Netanyahu has postponed a trip to Russia and called an emergency meeting. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, is now in place and said that the escalation of attacks in recent times requires to consider the implementation of an operation against terrorism.
The mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, has appealed to citizens to "raise the level of attention" to deal with any suspicious packages to prevent the risk of further attacks. Barkat has expressed concern that the warning threshold of people can be lowered in recent years of relative quiet after the last season of the deadliest attacks (years 1990-2000).
"What happened is the sign of the worsening situation in the Middle East - said the Foreign Minister Franco Frattini -. For a moment, following the events in Libya, have overshadowed the situation in the Middle East. If the climate gets to the point of resuming the tragic season of the attacks, then we must put a high priority to the issue and return to negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.
" Today's attack comes at a time of deadlock in peace negotiations after the last few days there has been a sharp increase in tension in the Gaza Strip. In the morning, Netanyahu was speaking at the Knesset, promising "strong determination" against "terrorist organizations in Gaza." This morning the Israeli air force has intervened twice against militant groups in Gaza, who have launched two rockets against the city of Beersheba in the Jewish state.
Attack each other following a growing escalation in recent days since March 16, Israeli forces hit a Hamas training camp in southern Gaza, killing two militants. The Islamist movement that controls Gaza, said last Sunday with the launch of fifty between rockets and mortar shells. In the night between Monday and Tuesday, Israel carried out five raids against Hamas targets.
17 people were injured, including seven children. Yesterday, the day of greatest violence of the last two years, eight Palestinians were killed, including four civilians. The latter was a man of 51 years and three kids, two of whom were playing football. They were struck by shrapnel when an Israeli tank opened fire on a neighborhood east of Gaza City in response to a mortar.
Another 11 people were injured, including a boy of eight years then transferred to an Israeli hospital. Finally, a rocket fired from an Israeli aircraft killed four militants who were about to fire a anti tank missile. Today's attack in Jerusalem was preceded by another, very serious act of terrorism.
In the night between 11 and 12 March, one or more unknown Palestinians have been introduced in the settlement of Itamar in the West Bank and have killed a settler stabbed a family: father, mother and three of their children for three months and three eleven years. 
But later determined that the bomb was triggered by a bomb that was found in a bag at the bus stop. The area of the incident was isolated and inspections are carried out now to find other devices that may still be in the area. The authorship of the attack has not yet been claimed by any organization.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjanim Netanyahu has postponed a trip to Russia and called an emergency meeting. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, is now in place and said that the escalation of attacks in recent times requires to consider the implementation of an operation against terrorism.
The mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, has appealed to citizens to "raise the level of attention" to deal with any suspicious packages to prevent the risk of further attacks. Barkat has expressed concern that the warning threshold of people can be lowered in recent years of relative quiet after the last season of the deadliest attacks (years 1990-2000).
"What happened is the sign of the worsening situation in the Middle East - said the Foreign Minister Franco Frattini -. For a moment, following the events in Libya, have overshadowed the situation in the Middle East. If the climate gets to the point of resuming the tragic season of the attacks, then we must put a high priority to the issue and return to negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.
" Today's attack comes at a time of deadlock in peace negotiations after the last few days there has been a sharp increase in tension in the Gaza Strip. In the morning, Netanyahu was speaking at the Knesset, promising "strong determination" against "terrorist organizations in Gaza." This morning the Israeli air force has intervened twice against militant groups in Gaza, who have launched two rockets against the city of Beersheba in the Jewish state.
Attack each other following a growing escalation in recent days since March 16, Israeli forces hit a Hamas training camp in southern Gaza, killing two militants. The Islamist movement that controls Gaza, said last Sunday with the launch of fifty between rockets and mortar shells. In the night between Monday and Tuesday, Israel carried out five raids against Hamas targets.
17 people were injured, including seven children. Yesterday, the day of greatest violence of the last two years, eight Palestinians were killed, including four civilians. The latter was a man of 51 years and three kids, two of whom were playing football. They were struck by shrapnel when an Israeli tank opened fire on a neighborhood east of Gaza City in response to a mortar.
Another 11 people were injured, including a boy of eight years then transferred to an Israeli hospital. Finally, a rocket fired from an Israeli aircraft killed four militants who were about to fire a anti tank missile. Today's attack in Jerusalem was preceded by another, very serious act of terrorism.
In the night between 11 and 12 March, one or more unknown Palestinians have been introduced in the settlement of Itamar in the West Bank and have killed a settler stabbed a family: father, mother and three of their children for three months and three eleven years.
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