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Jerusalem bus bombing was suicide attack organized by Hamas

Monday’s blast marks 1st suicide attack of current terror wave; cell members in Bethlehem arrested; terrorist Abed al-Hamid Abu Srour, 19, died Wednesday of his wounds

BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF April 21, 2016, 6:26 pm

The bus bombing in Jerusalem on Monday was a suicide terror attack orchestrated by Palestinian terror group Hamas, and several members of the cell responsible have been arrested in the West Bank, security forces revealed on Thursday as a gag order on the case was partially lifted.

The bomber who placed the explosive device on board the number 12 bus in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem was identified by the Shin Bet security agency as Abed al-Hamid Abu Srour, 19, from Beit Jala, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

The bomber was one of 21 people injured in the attack. He was severely wounded and died of his injuries on Wednesday.

The Shin Bet said several Hamas members from Bethlehem have been arrested in connection with the attack after an intensive manhunt by the security service, police and the IDF.

The attack marked the first suicide bombing in the wave of Palestinian terrorism that erupted last October. Hitherto, the attacks — stabbings, shootings and car-rammings — had been characterized as “lone wolf” incidents. Hamas has been encouraging attacks on Israelis, and several plots are said to have been thwarted by security forces.

The father of the bomber told Channel 2 on Thursday that he “knew nothing about his affiliation” with Hamas.

Abed al-Hamid Abu Srour seen here in an undated photograph, has been named by Hamas as the person responsible for the April 18 bus bombing in Jerusalem. He died of wounds sustained in the terror attack on April 20, 2016. (Courtesy)

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There is no evidence of Hamas involvement.

Also, if you oppose non-violent BDS, you support attacks like this.

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Eldad Beck, Ynet Berlin correspondent

What brings such a charming, handsome young man not to say boy, to become a mass-murderer? Does he look to you desperate? Poor? Depressed? To me he doesn't. At all. But, when you grow up in a cultural, social, political and religious surrounding which teaches you that killing Jews is the right thing to do, something you have to aspire to, a fashionable act you become a mass murderer. It has nothing to do with a freedom fight. If the Palestinians wanted to have their freedom in their own state they could have had it already in 1948. But the goal of too many Palestinians was and still is eliminating the Jews. Like the Nazis. The young man in the picture is responsible for the latest bus bombing in Jerusalem. He is celebrated as shahid by Hamas Bethlehem. Bethlehem used to have a Christian majority before the Palestinian authority was given control over it. The young terrorist came from the refugee camp Al-Aidah (the returnee) next to Bethlehem, a camp visited by the previous Pope. How come he was considered a refugee despite the fact that he was born under the Palestinian Authority? Because his being a refugee is a political, religious and cultural weapon aiming at the elimination of Israel, the state of the Jews. Know the real enemy!

Hamas announcement; they recruited him.