Hamas terms Jerusalem bus bomber as ‘martyr’

    A Palestinian customs officer inspects a truck that distributes Israeli products, at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. The Palestinian government announced that it would ban the sale of products from five major Israeli companies in the Palestinian territories, as a reaction to a recent Israeli decision to ban the sale of products from five Palestinian companies in east Jerusalem, and that the ban goes into effect immediately following the announcement on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

    AP, Jerusalem

    The Islamic militant group Hamas is praising a Palestinian as a “martyr” for carrying out a bus bombing that injured about 20 people in Jerusalem this week.
    In an announcement on one of its websites, Hamas names the bomber as Abdel Hameed Abu Srour.
    The statement says Srour was a member of Hamas, but stops short of claiming responsibility for the attack.

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