Describing him as a man of nobility, Hamas' news journal claims that the lone-wolf terrorist who worked to blow up the Jerusalem Light Rail wouldn't do it because there were children on the train.
According to the bomber's own admission to Shabak, he was waiting for a train to pull in so he could have the biggest impact upon detonation. Before he carried out his plans, train security forces suspected him, searched him, and found several shrapnel pipe bombs on his person.