Khalil Abu Elba, the 35-year-old Palestinian who rammed an Egged bus into a crowded bus stop Wednesday, killing eight and wounding 20, admitted that he intentionally carried out the attack. Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat had dismissed the incident as a “road accident.”
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