Suicide bomb death toll rises to 15

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up minutes apart today in a central Tel Aviv area crowded with foreign workers, killing at least 15 bystanders and wounding nearly 40 in the first such attack since November.

Islamic Jihad, a militant Palestinian group, claimed responsibility for the twin bombings near Tel Aviv’s former central bus station. The claim came in a phone call to the Lebanese TV station Al Manar.