World News 10-09-2001 Eight Killed In Middle East Day Of Death who: Israeli forces what: Launch helicopter gunship revenge attack after suicide bombing where: West Bank when: Yesterday snippet: Eight people were killed in the Middle East yesterday "in three separate attacks within the space of five hours" on "a day of bombings, drive-by shootings and helicopter gunship strikes," says The Guardian`s Suzanne Goldenberg. "After a Palestinian suicide bombing, car bomb blasts at a major Israeli intersection and a shooting in the West Bank," reports The Scotsman`s foreign staff, "Israel hit back with helicopter missile strikes in West Bank cities." A suicide bombing by a 55-year-old Israeli Arab at a crowded railway station was notable as "the first time one of Israel`s one million Arab citizens has killed himself in the Palestinian cause," points out The Independent. "Three victims died with him and 74 were injured," says The Sun. "The horror came just hours after Palestinian gunmen attacked a van taking staff to school at a Jewish settlement on the West Bank. The driver and a woman teacher were killed." [... more]

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