Suicide Bomber Complicates Abbas' Peace Efforts in Gaza ; New Palestinian Leader Seeks to Stop Attacks

The Columbian › January 19, 2005

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - In the biggest test of his brief tenure, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas came to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hoping to persuade militants to halt attacks on Israel. But in a show of defiance, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a settler road in Gaza, killing an Israeli security agent and wounding seven other Israelis.

The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack the first suicide bombing against an Israeli target since Nov. 1.

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Suicide Bomber Complicates Abbas' Peace Efforts in Gaza ; New Palestinian Leader Seeks to Stop Attacks

Before the bombing, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned his patience was running thin, telling military c...

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