Suicide bomber 'wanted to avenge Hamas HQ bombing'

A Palestinian suicide bomber who killed himself and 14 others in a Jerusalem pizzeria wanted to avenge a recent Israeli attack on Hamas headquarters.

Suicide bomber 'wanted to avenge Hamas HQ bombing'
Fri, 10 Aug, 2001 - 15:01

A Palestinian suicide bomber who killed himself and 14 others in a Jerusalem pizzeria wanted to avenge a recent Israeli attack on Hamas headquarters.

Devout Muslim Izzedine al-Masri, 23, wandered into the packed Sbarro restaurant in downtown Jerusalem and detonated explosives strapped to his body.

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