An elderly Israeli woman was killed and more than 20 people wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up after trying to board a crowded bus near Tel Aviv on Thursday. The driver of the bus said the terrorist had tried to board the bus via the back door at the stop next to Bar-Ilan University, but slipped and fell.
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