Gaza sealed off as suicide bomber kills four

Israel shut down the Gaza Strip today after a Palestinian bomber killed four Israelis at a Gaza crossing – the first time the Islamic Hamas group had sent a woman on a suicide mission.

The bomber, Reem Raiyshi, 22, a mother of two small children, was escorted into a room to be checked after telling soldiers she had a metal plate in her leg that set off the metal detector. Once inside, she blew herself up.