A suicide bombing near a bus stop outside Tel Aviv killed three people Thursday in the first such attack in more than two months, rescue workers said. It was unclear if there were one or two separate explosions. “We believe that this was a terror attack,” Yossi Sedbon, Tel Aviv district police commander told Israel’s Channel 2 television. Rescue workers, who were having difficulty in reaching the scene because of heavy rush hour traffic, said three people were killed in the attack as well as the bomber or bombers. The attack occurred during rush hour at Geha, a major junction just outside Tel Aviv. The bombing was the first since an Oct. 4 bombing at a restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa that killed 21 people. Thursday’s attack followed an Israeli helicopter strike in Gaza City that the army said was aimed at a senior Islamic Jihad militant. Full Story
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