Suicide bomber kills nine in Tel Aviv attack
In a sharp departure from the previous Palestinian governmentās condemnations of bombings, the Hamas-led administration said the attack resulted from Israelās ābrutal aggressionā.
The blast came amid a sharp increase in fighting between Israel and the Palestinians across the Gaza border. Militants have fired barrages of homemade rockets at Israel, and Israel has responded with artillery fire. A 17-year-old Palestinian in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya was reported killed yesterday in the shelling,