ISLAMIC TERROR SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE TEL AVIV
5 Dead, 40 Wounded In Attack Against Foreign Workers

Tel Aviv----July 17.......Two Islamic terror suicide bombers detonated explosives on their bodies killing three civilians tonight in southern Tel Aviv. The attack took place at 10:25 p.m. in the old central bus station, an area where many low-income and foreign workers reside. Because of the Tisha Be'av solemn holiday, many restaurants were closed which forced the sucide bombers to find the only area in Tel Aviv which had any activity.
Foreign workers in Israel are apolitical and do not serve in the IDF.
This act of terrorism was nothing less than a brutal crime against humanity.

The terror attack victims were treated at the site by Magen David Adom paramedics, who arrived in a fleet of ambulances and mobile intensive care units within minutes after the blast took place.

The casualties were immediately evacuated to four nearby hospitals: Ichilov, Beilinson, Sheba, and Wolfson. MDA spokesperson Yeroham Mandola said nearly 30 wounded had been evacuated to the hospitals in the first stage - five of them in serious condition, six moderately wounded, and 17 in good condition.

Internal Security Minister Uzi Landau said the proper response to the attack would be to "destroy the Palestinian Authority."

"We need to escalate the war on terror into the Palestinian hills and destroy the PA and its terrorist infrastructure," Landau told Israel Radio. "Our bloodthirsty enemies are engaging in war crimes and wholesale slaughter and we have to put a stop to it."

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's spokesman, Ra'anan Gissin, said the IDF would "strike with impunity" against the perpetrators of the attacks in Tel Aviv and Emmanuel."

ISRAEL NEWS AGENCY