The number of dead in the I\'ron Valley (Wadi Ara) suicide-bomber attack this morning has climbed to seven. The murderer exploded himself on a passenger bus traveling from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at about 7 AM this morning. The bus blew up on the critical Hadera-Afula highway near the Musmous Junction. The driver, who was only lightly wounded, related that the killer got on at the Um el-Fahm stop, walked towards the back of the bus, and detonated his powerful explosive seconds later. The 20-plus wounded were transported to HaEmek Hospital in Afula and Hillel Yafeh Hospital in Hadera. Some ten victims are reported in serious condition.
One passenger said, \"I travel on this bus frequently, but since many members of the other sector [Arabs] travel on it too, including children, I just never thought that they would get to the point where they blow themselves up as well…\" The murderer was a 20-year-old Islamic Jihad member from Jenin.
One passenger said, \"I travel on this bus frequently, but since many members of the other sector [Arabs] travel on it too, including children, I just never thought that they would get to the point where they blow themselves up as well…\" The murderer was a 20-year-old Islamic Jihad member from Jenin.