THE deadly scourge of suicide bombers has long been a fact of life in the violent cauldron of the Middle East — but until now it has never struck Britain.

A MEMBER of the first British suicide bomb mission to Israel was encouraged to go by his sister, a court heard yesterday.

Hamas belatedly claimed responsibility today for a suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv bar a year ago and released a farewell video of two British Muslims it had recruited for the attack.

Three people are appearing in court on terrorism charges today after a Briton carried out a suicide bomb attack in Israel that killed three people.