Israel will exempt Hamas from retaliation for the Dec. 25 suicide bombing. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided last Friday to target Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in retaliation for a suicide bomb attack that killed four people at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv, The Associated Press reported.
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