Israel: No immediate retaliation for bus bombing

Israel has decided to hold off on a major military strike in response to a Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem that killed at least 20 people, including as many as six children, a security official said today.

Last night’s attack – which also wounded about 100, including 40 children - was one of the deadliest in three years of fighting, and threatened to sink President Bush’s road map to peace in the Middle East.