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17-04-2006, 21:08
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Olmert: Israel 'knows how to respond' to Tel Aviv attack
By Haaretz Service and Agencies
Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel knows "how to respond" to the deadly suicide bombing in Tel Aviv earlier in the day, while his spokesman said that Israel blamed Hamas for the attack.
Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded when a teenaged terrorist from Islamic Jihad blew himself up outside a falafel restaurant in the Neve Sha'anan area of southern Tel Aviv.
Olmert was to hold security consultations with senior members of the defense establishment on Monday, to discuss Israel's response to the bombing.
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The U.S. said in response Monday that countries seeking to promote Middle East peace should note the praise offered by the Hamas-led Palestinian government for the bombing.
Speaking at a faction meeting of his Kadima Party at the Knesset, Olmert said that he was weighing a response, and added that the attack could have been timed to coincide with the swearing in of the new parliament in Jerusalem.
"We will know how to respond in the way and manner required, and we will continue to act with all means at our disposal to thwart further such incidents," he said.
BRON
.By Haaretz Service and Agencies
Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel knows "how to respond" to the deadly suicide bombing in Tel Aviv earlier in the day, while his spokesman said that Israel blamed Hamas for the attack.
Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded when a teenaged terrorist from Islamic Jihad blew himself up outside a falafel restaurant in the Neve Sha'anan area of southern Tel Aviv.
Olmert was to hold security consultations with senior members of the defense establishment on Monday, to discuss Israel's response to the bombing.
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The U.S. said in response Monday that countries seeking to promote Middle East peace should note the praise offered by the Hamas-led Palestinian government for the bombing.
Speaking at a faction meeting of his Kadima Party at the Knesset, Olmert said that he was weighing a response, and added that the attack could have been timed to coincide with the swearing in of the new parliament in Jerusalem.
"We will know how to respond in the way and manner required, and we will continue to act with all means at our disposal to thwart further such incidents," he said.
BRON