Israel says Hamas suicide bomber attacked Jerusalem bus

April 22, 2016 02:33

Israeli police said today a Hamas militant carried out a "suicide" bus bombing in Jerusalem that wounded 20 people, in the first such attack since a wave of violence erupted in October.

The attacker, a 19-year-old from Beit Jala near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, died from his wounds yesterday, two days after the bombing.

Hamas had previously said he was a member of the militant group and that he had carried out the attack, while his mother told AFP he had idolised an assassinated bombmaker from the Islamist movement.

Israeli police lifted a gag order on elements of the case today, confirming Abdel Hamid Abu Sorur as the assailant and specifically calling it a "suicide attack".

The police also said they made several arrests of Hamas militants suspected of helping to plan the bombing.

Monday's bus attack is the first suicide bombing in a nearly seven-month wave of violence.

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