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이스라엘의 에 따르면, 이스라엘 정부 고위 소식통은 금요일날 발생한 폭탄테러에 대해 군사적 보복행위를 하지 않을 것이라고 말했다. 그러나, 이스라엘 정부는 이슬람 지하드를 지원하는 시리아에 대한 정치적 압력을 증대시킬 것이다.
토요일에 열린 안보 관계자 모임에서 국방장관 샤울 모파즈는 요르단강 서안(일명 웨스트 뱅크)의 통제권을 팔레스타인 자치정부에 넘기는 것을 보류한다고 밝혔다. 추가적인 조사에서 압바스의 팔레스타인 자치정부가 이슬람 지하드와 다른 테러리스트 조직에 대해서 적절한 조치를 취해왔는지를 살필 것이라고 말했다.
25일 오후 11시15분(현지 시간)에 발생한 자살 폭탄 사건으로 Itzik Buzaglo(40세), Ronen Rubenov(28세), Yael Orbach(28세),Aryeh Nagar(28세)가 사망했으며, 48명이 부상을 입어 현재 34명이 병원에 입원해 있다.
이스라엘 국방 소식통은 범인은 21살의 학생인 Abdallah Badran이라고 밝혔다.
사건 현장의 목격자는 범인이 4명이 타고 있던 사부루 자동차에서 내렸으며, 폭발물을 폭파시켰다고 말했다.
다음은 의 인터넷판 기사 전문이다.
Police on highest state of alert
Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi instructed forces to operate Sunday under the highest state of alert following Friday night's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that left at least four dead and wounded dozens.
Karadi ordered the tightening of police security along the territories' seem line as well as in towns. Roadblocks were set up in sensitive areas and surveillance of schools, bus stops and crowded areas was bolstered.
Furthermore, police intensified on Sunday searches for Palestinians residing illegally in Israel.
Israel will not retalitate militarily
senior government sources said Saturday that Israel will not launch major military action in retaliation to Friday night's suicide bombing
The government, however, will increase political pressure on Syria for backing Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Palestinian Authority to act against terror.
At a meeting of security chiefs Saturday, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the process of transferring security control of West Bank cities to the PA would be frozen, "until further evaluation, in which Israel will examine whether Abu Mazen's [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas] government has taken the necessary steps against Islamic Jihad and the other terror organizations." Israel believes Islamic Jihad is responsible for the attack.
The dead were identified as Itzik Buzaglo, 40, Ronen Rubenov, 28, Yael Orbach, 28, and Aryeh Nagar, 28.
"The first thing we saw slightly reminded me of the attack that occured not far from here at the Dolphinarium," Magen David Adom paramedic Alon Kotler said describing the attack, which took place at 11:15 P.M. in front of the Stage club on the Tel Aviv promenade. "We saw lots of injured people lying on top of each other at the club's entrance."
Merav, a soldier who was near the scene of the blast, said she was the first to inform MDA about the attack. "They asked me to go to the scene and describe what I saw," she said. "I saw two slightly injured people sitting on the sidewalk and about 15 other injured people on the ground outside the club."
Eli Yehezkel, a taxi driver, was driving by the club when the blast occurred. "I saw a huge flame right in front of my eyes. I stopped the cab and ran to help dozens of young people who were lying on the ground bleeding."
Police said their initial investigation showed that the suicide bomber had hidden the medium-sized improvised bomb containing fragments on his body. The blast severely damaged nearby buildings.
Eyewitnesses told police they saw another man who had come with the bomber fleeing the scene. Patrol cars and police boats conducted a search throughout the night for the accomplice, but the search was called off Saturday morning. Police continued to receive reports Saturday that the bomber was dropped off by a white Subaru containing other passengers.
"I was directing a white Subaru that was parked on the sidewalk so my friends could park their car," Eran Jorno, who was lightly injured in the blast, said. "There were four men in the car. One of them, a young guy, got out. The others called him in Arabic, 'come back.' Then he looked at me strangely, and blew himself up. Everything went black after that."
Of the 49 wounded, 34 were still hospitalized in the Tel Aviv area as of Saturday night, including one in critical condition and three in serious condition. The rest were lightly injured, suffering from shockwave injuries, shrapnel wounds and other injuries.
Speaking from an undisclosed location in Lebanon, an Islamic Jihad official, who insisted on being identified only by his nickname of Abu Tareq, told The Associated Press that the attack was in retaliation for Israel's violation of the Israeli-Palestinian truce. "The calm period with the ]Palestinian[ Authority was an agreement for a month, and that has ended," he said. "Israel has not abided by the pacification period. This is the main reason that led to this operation," he said without elaborating.
Earlier, Islamic Jihad officials in the territories denied involvement in the attack, as did other main militant groups.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon consulted by phone over the weekend with Mofaz and Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter. Sharon's bureau published a statement Saturday that the prime minister "did not like" the defense establishment's restrained statement, adding that "we will wait for clarification from the Palestinian Authority."
At Saturday's meeting with senior defense officials, Mofaz said: "Syria continues to sponsor and encourage terror organizations to carry out attacks, which endangers the process with the Palestinians and stability in the region." Mofaz instructed intelligence officials to go to the United States and Europe to present governments there with information linking Islamic Jihad to the attack.
Israel Defense Forces sources said the cell that dispatched the suicide bomber, Abdallah Badran, 21, a student from the village of Deir al Ghusun near Tul Karm, received its instructions directly from Damascus.
Badran's dispatchers released a videotape in which he accused the Palestinian Authority of surrendering to the U.S. military. The IDF sources said the cell to which Badran belonged, many of whose members have been killed or jailed, has been active for the last several years.
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