Thursday, May 23, 2002

Bomb Explodes at Israel's Biggest Fuel Depot
The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a militia linked to Arafat's Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for the bombing, the second in Rishon Letzion in two weeks.

In a leaflet sent to The Associated Press, the group said the bombing came in revenge for Wednesday's killing of Mahmoud Titi, 30, the Al Aqsa leader in the West Bank city of Nablus, in a targeted Israeli attack.

Titi and two other militiamen were sitting in the cemetery of the Balata refugee camp near Nablus when they came under Israeli tank and machine gun fire from a position on a mountain overlooking the camp, witnesses said. Balata is a crowded shantytown, and the cemetery is the only open space available.

The Israeli fire killed the three militiamen and a bystander.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Israel-Palestinians.html

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