An Israeli military court convicted a Hamas member of planning attacks in which 66 Israelis were killed and some 500 others wounded. Abdullah Barghouti was convicted Sunday of building the bombs in several of the most devastating attacks in the past two years, including the Hebrew University cafeteria bombing, the suicide bombing at Jerusalem’s Moment Cafe, a triple bombing at Jerusalem’s Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall and the Sbarro pizzeria bombing.
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