Islamic Jihad takes credit of Netanya attack

GAZA, July 12 (KUNA) -- The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the suicide attack against in Israel's northern city of Netanya Tuesday that killed three and injured scores others, Israel's radio said.

"The attacker is an activist of the Quds brigades," said the radio.

It added that the attacker, whose identity was not revealed, was from Atil town near the west bank city of Tulkarm.

The radio said the "execution of this operation and its success is a great failure for the Israeli security bodies" namely after the intensive apprehensions of the Islamic Jihad's activities in the past weeks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162276,00.html
AP

"Bomber Kills 2 in Israeli Mall Blast"
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM — A bomber blew himself up among a group of teens near a shopping mall in the seaside city of Netanya on Tuesday, killing himself and two others in the second such attack since a truce was declared five months ago.

About 30 people were wounded, two seriously, police said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility from a Palestinian militant group. The previous bombing was carried out by Islamic Jihad (search), which said in a statement after Tuesday's attack that it remained committed to the cease-fire.

The blast went off shortly before 7 p.m. near the Sharon Mall in Netanya (search). Police said a preliminary investigation indicated the bomber blew himself up among a group of teenagers crossing a busy intersection."

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http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004476.html

July 12, 2005
The suicide bombers and their American service providers
First, your Hebrew lesson for the day:

Suicide bomber explodes outside Netanya mall:

At least two people were killed and 37 people were wounded when a major explosion occurred at an intersection near the Sharon Mall in Netanya around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening.
A suicide bomber detonated himself on a crosswalk at the intersection of Raziel and Herzel avenues, directly across from the mall.

Two of the wounded were in critical condition, six suffered from serious wounds, seven suffered moderate wounds, and a number more were being treated for light wounds, medics said.

The wounded were evacuated by Magen David Ambulances to Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, and Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.

The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, Channel 2 TV reported. The Islamic Jihad is quickly becoming the best-funded of the Palestinian terror organizations, and has been responsible for many of the most recent terror attacks.

Police and security forces have raised alertness levels around the country.

The glass doors at the entrance to the Sharon Mall shattered, and glass lay scattered on the sidewalk, according to an eyewitness description. A number of nearby vehicles were also damaged in the blast.

An eyewitness told Channel 2 that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of a crosswalk facing the mall after he apparently failed in his attempts to enter the shopping mall owing to security.

Now follow the American-hosted sites of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Keep in mind that the PIJ is a designated Terrorist organization, but no one bothers to stop these companies from doing business with them.

Name: sarayaalquds.org
Address: 204.14.106.220

Name: qudsnews.net
Address: 204.14.106.220

Registrar: Intercosmos Media Group Inc., New Orleans, LA USA
Datacenter: AccelerateBiz Inc., Miami, FL USA
Webhost: HOSTSTORE.NET, New York, NY USA

Name: shikaki.net
Address: 72.29.73.199

Name: rabdullah.net
Address: 72.29.73.199

Registrar: Intercosmos Media Group Inc., New Orleans, LA USA
Datacenter/Host: Host Dime, Orlando, FL USA

Posted by aaron at July 12, 2005 01:31 PM

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050712-091445-9840r.htm

Editorials/Op-Ed
Front Page > Editorials/Op-Ed Page

"Jihadists and Palestinians"
July 13, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Less than seven months after Mr. Arafat signed the Oslo I accord with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Hamas carried out the first suicide bombing of the Oslo era -- a powerful demonstration of its contempt for the Palestinian chairman's purported commitment to make peace with Israel. Yesterday, Mr. Abbas received a similar message from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, one of the terrorist groups he attempted to cajole into moderation when he visited Syria last week. The jihadists claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a mall in Netanya, a city on Israel's Meditteranean coast."

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