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To: Thomas M. who wrote (12202)	3/3/2002 12:50:27 PM
From: ajs	Respond to of 23908

No, this is the real deal: Entire family killed in Jerusalem suicide attack By Haim Shadmi and Tamara Traubman, Ha'aretz Correspondents Five members of the same family were named Sunday as among the nine people killed Saturday in a suicide bombing in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Yisrael. Another individual died Sunday of wounds sustained in the attack. The five, from Rishon Letzion, have been identified as Shlomo Nehmad, 40; his wife Gafnit, 32, and their children Shiraz, 7, and Liran, 3, and Shlomo and Gafnit's 15-year-old nephew, Shauli Nehmad. Four others killed in the attack have been named as Tzofia Ya'arit Eliyahu, 23, and her seven-month-old son Avraham Eliyahu, from Beit Yisrael; Lidor Ilan, 12, and his 18-month-old sister Oriah Ilan, from Rishon Letzion. Officials at the Abu Kabir forensic center reported early Sunday morning that they hoped to use DNA testing to make positive identifications of the nine. According to the head of the center, Professor Yehuda Hiss, family members of those killed began arriving at Abu Kabir at around 1:00 A.M in the morning, but the state of the bodies made identification very difficult. As a result, blood samples were taken from the family members for the purpose of conducting DNA testing. Hiss said he could not recall an occasion when DNA testing had been required to identify bodies after an attack. Five of the injured in the attack, which took place at around 7:00 P.M., as worshippers were leaving the synagogues in the neighborhood, were still in serious condition Sunday morning. The bomber stood next to a group of mothers standing with their babies in strollers at the entrance to a guesthouse and detonated a large explosive device that was strapped to his body. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claims attack The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a military wing of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, took responsibility Saturday night for the attack. The Qatari-based Al Jezeera television station identified the bomber as 19-year-old Mohammed Ahmed Dararmeh, from the Deheisheh refugee camp near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The residents of the refugee camp took to the streets in celebration of the attack, Israel Radio reported. Similar celebrations took place earlier in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the radio said. An unidentifed caller to Reuters said that, "This attack is in response to the massacres that the [IDF] carried out in Balata and in Jenin [refugee camps]." The PA released a statement condemning the bombing, saying that it opposed any attacks on civilians, Israeli or Palestinian. The United States also condemned the bombing, calling on Arafat to stop those responsible for such attacks. "The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this terrorist outrage," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. "Such murder of innocent citizens cannot be justified and can only harm the interests and aspirations of the Palestinian people in progress toward a better future," Boucher added. "We call upon Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to do everything possible to confront and stop the terrorists responsible for these criminal acts." haaretzdaily.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (12202)	3/3/2002 12:59:04 PM
From: ajs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

"Such murder of innocent citizens cannot be justified and can only harm the interests and aspirations of the Palestinian people in progress toward a better future," Boucher added. "We call upon Chairman Arafat and the Palestinian Authority to do everything possible to confront and stop the terrorists responsible for these criminal acts." How many times Mr. Boucher is going to ask Arafat to stop the terrorists? Isn't it time to tell Israel to do whatever is necessary to protect its citizens?