Thirteen Israelis from a settlement in northern Israel on a day sightseeing visit to Jericho were injured Thursday afternoon when a grenade was tossed at them as they were passing through the West Bank town.
Three persons were reported in serious condition while three others were reported to have sustained moderate wounds. Seven others were slightly hurt from the grenade. George Habash’s terrorist organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack.
The 13 sightseers had stopped in the center of Jericho to return bicycles they had rented for a trip around the town and environs when a grenade was tossed at them from a nearby rooftop. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Jerusalem while the Israel Defense Force imposed a curfew in the center of the ancient town and carried out searches.
The vacationers had been on a trip organized by the Nature Preservation Society, which frequently rents bicycles in Jericho for tours around the Dead Sea area.
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