For the second time in just over three weeks, a Palestinian terrorist murderer blew himself up in a Jerusalem bus this morning, killing at least seven people. Abu Kabir Forensic Institute sources say that the number of victims is actually eight.
The bus was on the #14a route, from Har Homa and Talpiot to Beit HaKerem via downtown Jerusalem, taking students to school and citizens to work at around 8:20 in the morning. Hospital officials say that, contrary to rumors, the victims show no evidence that the bomb contained chemical materials.
The process of identifying the bodies continues, and the names of four of the victims have so far been released:
* Lior Azulai, 18, of Jerusalem; he is being buried this afternoon in Har HaMenuchot.
* St.-Sgt. Netanel Habshush, 20, of Jerusalem; he will be laid to rest tonight at 20:15 in Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery.
* Yonatan Bnayahu Zuckerman, 18, of Jerusalem, who will be buried later today in Givat Sha'ul.
* Yuval Uzana, 29, of Jerusalem, will be buried at 8:00 this evening. He is survived by his wife and two children.
The attack occurred just outside Liberty Bell Park, at the north end of Emek Refaim St. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon was in the Inbal Hotel (formerly Laromme) at the time of the attack, just a few hundred yards away. He was addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a convention of delegates representing 53 American Jewish organizations. Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Conference, said this morning that, "This is, for us, the clearest message that terrorism can hit absolutely anyone. In response to the obscenity of Israel being put on trial in The Hague for defending itself against this type of murderous terrorism, this right here is the most definitive proof that Israel has the right to take any steps it deems necessary to defend itself."
Some 57 people are reported wounded, including five in serious condition. Among the wounded are teenagers and soldiers. The bus driver is hospitalized in Hadassah Ein Karem, with wounds described as "light."
The murderous explosion comes a day before a hearing is set to begin at the International Court of Justice in Holland, in which Israel is "on trial" for constructing a partition to prevent Palestinian terrorists from easily crossing into Jewish-populated areas to perpetrate lethal attacks.
The bus was on the #14a route, from Har Homa and Talpiot to Beit HaKerem via downtown Jerusalem, taking students to school and citizens to work at around 8:20 in the morning. Hospital officials say that, contrary to rumors, the victims show no evidence that the bomb contained chemical materials.
The process of identifying the bodies continues, and the names of four of the victims have so far been released:
* Lior Azulai, 18, of Jerusalem; he is being buried this afternoon in Har HaMenuchot.
* St.-Sgt. Netanel Habshush, 20, of Jerusalem; he will be laid to rest tonight at 20:15 in Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery.
* Yonatan Bnayahu Zuckerman, 18, of Jerusalem, who will be buried later today in Givat Sha'ul.
* Yuval Uzana, 29, of Jerusalem, will be buried at 8:00 this evening. He is survived by his wife and two children.
The attack occurred just outside Liberty Bell Park, at the north end of Emek Refaim St. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon was in the Inbal Hotel (formerly Laromme) at the time of the attack, just a few hundred yards away. He was addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a convention of delegates representing 53 American Jewish organizations. Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Conference, said this morning that, "This is, for us, the clearest message that terrorism can hit absolutely anyone. In response to the obscenity of Israel being put on trial in The Hague for defending itself against this type of murderous terrorism, this right here is the most definitive proof that Israel has the right to take any steps it deems necessary to defend itself."
Some 57 people are reported wounded, including five in serious condition. Among the wounded are teenagers and soldiers. The bus driver is hospitalized in Hadassah Ein Karem, with wounds described as "light."
The murderous explosion comes a day before a hearing is set to begin at the International Court of Justice in Holland, in which Israel is "on trial" for constructing a partition to prevent Palestinian terrorists from easily crossing into Jewish-populated areas to perpetrate lethal attacks.