Woman suicide bomber kills four on Gaza border

A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at the main crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip today, killing four people and injuring seven, emergency officials said.

Israel Radio reported the four dead were Israeli. The Islamic militant group Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, issued a joint claim of responsibility, according to Lebanon’s Al-Manar satellite television station.