Israelis raze homes of suicide bomb squad

ISRAELI troops yesterday destroyed the homes of a teenaged suicide bomber and two men who dispatched him to a crowded Tel Aviv market where he killed three Israelis and wounded 32.

The relatively muted response came after Israel pledged to show restraint in the wake of Yasser Arafat's illness.

The usual signs of an imminent Israeli military counterstrike the hurried high-level security meetings and troop movements were absent this time, and it appeared that Israel would not hit back as it has in the past.