Hamas claimed responsibility for a West Bank suicide bombing near a school bus that was filled with Jewish children. No one on the bus was hurt in the blast. The suicide bomber’s body was found nearby. In a letter left for his family, Jamal Nasser said revenge and love of religion drove him to carry out the attack.
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