Bus Bombing in Northern Israel Kills at Least 9
The militant group Hamas claimed responsibility and said it was a suicide bombing. Israeli police said the attack was likely a suicide attack but that the investigation was continuing.

Three hours after the bombing at the Meron Junction near the town of Tsfat, a Palestinian attacker opened fire just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, sparking a gun battle with police that left three people dead, including an Israeli security guard, an Arab bystander and the gunman.

The blast came four days after a bomb exploded in a cafeteria at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, killing seven people, including five Americans. Hamas claimed responsibility for that bombing as well.

In a statement received in Lebanon by Hezbollah's television station, Al-Manar, Hamas called Sunday's bombing the second retaliatory attack for the killing of the group's military leader, Salah Shehadeh, in an Israeli bombing in Gaza City last month. That attack also killed 14 Palestinian civilians.
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