Today's incident marks the fifth serious attack on Israel this year following a lull in violence in 2007. February 4 A woman is killed and 11 people injured in the town of Dimona, in the first suicide bombing inside Israel in more than a year. Responsibility for the attack is claimed by hardliners within the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group linked to the Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. March 5 Eight students are killed when a gunman opens fire at Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, one of Jerusalem's largest seminaries. It is the worst incident inside Israel since...
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