[EGPWS]

The last time Israel used a helicopter to kill Palestinian militants was Oct. 20, when missiles killed 14 people, most of them bystanders, in the Nusseirat refugee camp. However, that attack was not a "targeted killing," since the Israelis were chasing a car carrying Palestinians who had tried to infiltrate Israel, according to the military.

During three years of violence, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have caused dozens of civilian casualties. In April, an attack killed Hamas leader Said Arabeed and eight other people. In July 2002, 15 people were killed, including nine children, in an airstrike that targeted another Hamas leader, Salah Shehadeh.

Sickening reporting, yea, those mean ol' Israelis who have never experienced death and destruction at the hands of militant Palestinians, just randomly go and kill innocent people without provocation....sheesh!

[ValerieUSA]

The pope needs to forget his prayer and plea for peace in the middle east, and align himself with God to defeat the evil forces. Goodness triumphs in this world not through peace, but through perseverence in battle. How good can good be if evil isn't threatened by it?

[ml/nj]

The bombing was the first since an Oct. 4 bombing at a restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa that killed 21 people.

Am I the only one who is a little bit disgusted by reports such as this?

It may be the first realized bombing since October 4, but it's hardly the first attempted bombing since then.

The identity of the bomber is known. I would destroy everything and everyone within half a kilometer of where this Islamic Swine lived.

ML/NJ

[Bobby777]

I see the PFLP delivers Arafat's "Christmas" message ...

[Indie]

Why is Israel even considering giving these animals ANYthing. Expel them all and control all land taken during the war.

[Maigrey]

Oh sad. Israelis are killed, and the reporter is whining about the loss of life for the Palistinians.

No bias there, folks!

[Bobby777]

"Before we consider a political move, by agreement or unilateral, we must expel the terror regime of Arafat and the gang of terrorists that comes with him."

how sad it wasn't done decades ago ... before all this carnage ...

[railsplitter]

The scene of a suicide attack at a bus station near Petakh Tikvah, on the northeastern outskirts of Tel Aviv. At least three people were killed, including the apparent suicide bomber(AFP/Yoav Lemmer)

An Israeli forensic expert checks the scene of a suicide bombing next to the remains of the suicide bomber, who exploded himself at a bus stop at a main junction close to the city of Beni Berak, near Tel Aviv(AFP/Yoav Lemmer)

An Israeli rescue worker searches the scene beside covered bodies after an explosion at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv, December 25, 2003. The militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on Thursday it sent the suicide bomber who killed at least three people at the bus stop. The attack came minutes after Israeli helicopters killed a top Islamic militant and at least four people in Gaza. The actions shattered well over two months of relative calm that had spurred efforts to revive talks between Israelis and Palestinians on a U.S.-led plan for ending more than three years of conflict. Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters

The bodies of victims lie on the ground covered with blankets as police investigate at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the town of Bnei Brak next to Tel Aviv Thursday Dec. 25, 2003. The blast killed three bystanders and injured at least 13 people. The PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) claimed responsibility for the attack.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Covered bodies can be seen at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the town of Bnei Brak next to Tel Aviv Thursday Dec. 25, 2003. The blast killed three bystanders and injured at least 13 people. The PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) claimed responsibility for the attack.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

[risk]

When will Israel do what it takes to put an end to this?

[Lazamataz]

Palestinians have proved they deserve no nation.

And Islam is Nazism, without the snappy uniforms.

[yonif]

In the first such attacks in two months, a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three bystanders at a bus stop and an Israeli helicopter killed a senior Islamic militant and four other people.

Sickening anti-Israel bias here

1. This is the firs SUCCESSFUL attack in two months. In the last two months there have been 25 attempted suicide bombings, among them targetting a school, and also other cities

2. The people who were murdered were not BYSTANDERS! What were they bystanding? The bus as a vehicle, without people in it, was a target? No! The People were the target! They were not bystanders to anything, they were those who were targetted by the terrorist murderer on purpose.

3. Again, the article tires to make it equivalent that a terrorist murderer targets Israeli civilians on purpose is the same as an Israeli IAF pilot targetting a terrorist murderer and not civilians.

[joesnuffy]

a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three bystanders at a bus stop and an Israeli helicopter killed a senior Islamic militant and four other people.

Here is a really neat "moral equivalency" statement.....

a suicide bomber = an Israeli helicopter

three innocent civilians waiting for a bus (bystanders?)= senior Islamic militant + (4 people) (four 'other' terrorists?)

A (Islamic) suicide murder of (Jewish) civilians = a retaliatory strike against terrorists (Muslims) by the Israeli army