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Jerusalem bus blast: Hamas says member behind bombing Israel says Jerusalem bus bombing was Hamas suicide attack
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The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas says one of its members was behind Monday's bus bombing in Jerusalem. Israel says Monday's bus bombing in Jerusalem, which wounded 20 people, was a suicide attack by a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Hamas issued a statement on Wednesday night following the death of a young Palestinian man who succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the attack. Police named the bomber as 19-year-old Abdul Hamid Abu Srour, from near Bethlehem, who died on Wednesday of the injuries he sustained in the attack.
Hamas and Palestinian officials named him as Abdul Hamid Abu Srour. Hamas has said Abu Srour was a member but has not claimed responsibility.
Israeli authorities have not yet confirmed whether they are treating the bombing - which injured another 20 people - as a terrorist attack. A number of suspects from the Bethlehem area have been arrested in connection with the bombing, Israel says.
A media gag order is limiting reporting on the case. Correspondents say it was reminiscent of the suicide attacks by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem during the second intifada, or uprising, over a decade ago.
'Martyr' Aida camp resident
An Israeli hospital that treated casualties from the bombing said one of the two people who were admitted in a serious condition had died at 19:00 (16:00 GMT) on Wednesday. An Israeli hospital that treated casualties from the bombing said one of the two people who were admitted in a serious condition had died on Wednesday night.
Shaare Zedek Medical Center spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said the man had lost both legs in the explosion, and had undergone multiple operations. Shaare Zedek Medical Center spokeswoman Shoham Ruvio said the man lost both legs in the explosion, and underwent multiple operations.
The Palestinian health ministry identified him as Abdul Hamid Abu Srour, a 19-year-old from the Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Soon afterwards, the Palestinian health ministry and Hamas identified him as Abu Srour, a resident of the Aida refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians paid their condolences to members of his family in the camp, where posters put up by Hamas hailed him as a "martyr", AFP news agency reported. Palestinians subsequently paid their condolences to members of his family in the camp, where posters put up by Hamas hailed him as a "martyr".
Hamas, which carried out a wave of deadly bus bombings in the city in the early 2000s, had praised Monday's blast, calling it "a natural reaction to Israeli crimes". Hamas, which dominates the Gaza Strip and carried out a wave of deadly bus bombings in Jerusalem in the early 2000s, had earlier called Monday's blast "a natural reaction to Israeli crimes".
On Thursday, Israeli security forces arrested a number of Hamas operatives from the Bethlehem area suspected of planning Monday's attack. On Thursday, Israel's Shin Bet security agency said security forces had arrested several suspected accomplices of Abu Srour in the Bethlehem area and that they were being questioned.
Hours after the bombing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked it to the wave of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs over the past six months that have left 29 Israelis dead.Hours after the bombing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked it to the wave of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs over the past six months that have left 29 Israelis dead.
About 200 Palestinians - mostly attackers, Israel says - have also been killed in that period.About 200 Palestinians - mostly attackers, Israel says - have also been killed in that period.
The assailants who have been killed have been shot dead either by their victims or by security forces as they carried out attacks. Some attackers have been arrested.The assailants who have been killed have been shot dead either by their victims or by security forces as they carried out attacks. Some attackers have been arrested.
Other Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops.Other Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops.