Israel arrest Palestinians over bombings

Israeli security forces have arrested several Palestinians suspected of involvement in last month’s bomb blast at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University which killed nine people, including five Americans.

State radio said the suspects were also responsible for a suicide bomb attack in Marchat Jerusalem’s Moment Cafe in which 11 Israelis were killed.

The suspects were planning to set off a bomb on Saturday night on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road, near the entrance to Jerusalem, the report said.

The radio said four suspects were from Jerusalem residents and a fifth was from near Ramallah in the West Bank.