Suicide bomber explodes Israel bus

I Am Blessed 24 · Mar 5, 2003

Many casualties reported in Israel explosion
HAIFA, Israel (AP)

A suicide bomber blew himself up aboard a crowded bus in the northern city of Haifa on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens in the first terrorist attack in two months, officials said.

The blast ripped off the roof of the No. 37 bus, strewing wreckage and body parts across the street. Witnesses said the explosion occurred just after the bus stopped in the hilltop neighborhood Carmelia at about 2:17 p.m. Officials said because of the hour, the bus would have been packed with students from the nearby University of Haifa.

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Sue

LadyEagle · Mar 5, 2003

At least 15 are dead, dozens more are injured.

This is sad and just another horrific chapter in a continuing sad story.

In the last month, Israel has arrested 60 suicide bombers, but can't keep up. This will be the sad story in America one day, too; it is inevitable.

Every day, people being blown up all over the world. Yesterday, the Philippines. Today, Israel.

Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.

I Am Blessed 24 · Mar 5, 2003

Originally posted by SheEagle9/11:
This will be the sad story in America one day, too; it is inevitable.
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You're right SheEagle. I not only believe it is inevitable; but I believe it is imminent.

Sue

LadyEagle · Mar 6, 2003

As an American teenager living in Israel, Abigail Litle wanted to help bring Jews and Arabs together, joining a school group that aimed to bridge a divide worsened by more than two years of Palestinian-Israeli violence.

Her dream was shattered Wednesday when a Palestinian homicide bomber blew himself up aboard a crowded city bus, killing Abigail - a daughter of a Christian church worker - and 14 Israelis.

"For Abigail, it was always that someone be valued as a person, not as an object defined by nationality," said her father, Philip Litle, originally from Harrisonville, Mo., sharing his agony over having to identify his daughter's battered body. "She's gone to a better place now."

Abigail, 14, was one of three students from the Reali school in the northern city of Haifa who were killed in the blast. The others were Daniel Harush, 16, and Yuval Mendelevitch, 13.

Born in Lebanon, N.H., Abigail was an infant when her parents brought her to Israel in 1989. The family settled in Haifa, where her father was studying at the Technion, Israel's premier technological institute. Later, her father took a job with a Baptist church.

In a land ripped apart by ethnic and religious conflict, Abigail and Yuval took part in a school program that worked to promote understanding between Arab and Jewish students. The program, "Children Teaching Children," had its first meeting Feb. 26.

Abigail's teacher Nurit Harel described her as a strong-willed teenager who once refused to let a raging fever prevent her from going to school for a sports competition.

"Pupils phoned her and she told them that although she was ill she would be there," Harel said. "She did the best she could, and the points she earned won the class first place."

On Thursday, some of Abigail's friends and her sister Hannah, 13, gathered in the bedroom the two girls shared. On Abigail's side of the room was a poster of English soccer star Michael Owen. "She thought he was cute," Hannah said.
Abigail is to be buried in Haifa on Sunday.

Wednesday's bus bombing brought to six the number of Reali students killed in Palestinian attacks since the September 2000 outbreak of Palestinian-Israeli violence.

Police said the bomber had a letter declaring his intention to carry out a suicide bombing and praising the Sept. 11 terror attacks. His family said he was a 20-year-old member of the Hamas militant group.
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