One killed in Tel Aviv terror attack
A bomb exploded at around 7 A.M. Sunday on Tel Aviv's Har Zion Street, close to the central bus station, killing one person and injuring at least 19.
Israel Radio reported that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades - the armed branch of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement - claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police have closed off a large section of the street - a main thoroughfare in the city - and are scouring the area for additional devices.
Tel Aviv police chief Yossi Sedbon told Army Radio that evidence suggested Palestinian militants planted the device, which went off during morning rush hour.
"This was not a suicide bomber but a device planted next to the bus station in a bunch of weeds," Sedbon told Israel Radio.
Arafat hints Israel planted Tel Aviv bomb
Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat has condemned Sunday's deadly bomb attack in Tel Aviv but suggested that it was an act of provocation carried out by the Israelis.
"We condemn this act as we always condemn these acts," Arafat said, before hinting that it could have been carried out by the Israelis.
"You know who is behind these acts," he told reporters on Sunday at his West Bank offices. "Europe knows it, the Americans know it, the Israelis know it."
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