Grandmother joins suicide bombing campaign

A 64-year-old grandmother became the oldest Palestinian suicide bomber when she blew herself up near Israeli troops.

As Israeli forces were moving through the Jebaliya refugee camp north of Gaza City yesterday afternoon, they spotted a woman acting suspiciously. Soldiers threw a stun grenade, a weapon that makes a loud nose but causes no damage. Then the woman set off explosives she was carrying, killing herself and slightly wounding two of the soldiers.