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A Palestinian mother of two blew herself up at the main border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip Wednesday, killing four Israelis and wounding seven people.
The militant Islamic group Hamas and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the suicide bombing, (WHO) which they said was to avenge Israel’s killing of Palestinians, and vowed to escalate attacks.
Smiling as she cradled an assault rifle in a videotape she left, Reem Al-Reyashi, 22, professed love for her children, a 3 1/2-year-old boy and a girl of 1 1/2 years, before an attack she said (WANTS) was meant to turn her body into “deadly shrapnel.”
The Hamas militant blew herself up in a terminal where Palestinian laborers from the fenced-in Gaza Strip were being put through Israeli security checks before entering a nearby industrial complex.
“Glass and black smoke flew everywhere. Arabs were screaming, Jews were screaming,” (FREE) said a Palestinian witness, her clothes stained with the blood of others.
The army said the dead included three soldiers and one Israeli civilian. Four Palestinians were among the wounded.
It was the first suicide attack since a Dec. 25 bombing killed four Israelis near Tel Aviv, and raised further doubts about prospects for reviving a U.S.-backed peace “road map.”
Israel has often (CIGARS)responded to such attacks with air strikes. But its only move for now was to close the industrial zone for a few days, keeping 3,000 Palestinian laborers away from jobs.
