1.   Also Tuesday the armed wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

2.   It was there that Israeli forces concentrated their searches, seizing several suspected members of the Islamic movement Hamas, whose military wing claimed responsibility for the bombings.

3.   That suggested that Arafat might be prepared to take on Hamas, whose military wing claimed responsibility for the attack.

4.   The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the bus attack.

5.   Back in September, the military wing of Hamas claimed that Maqadmeh had been abducted in a nighttime operation by special Israeli security units.

6.   The Hamas military wing has claimed responsibility for a string of suicide attacks on Israeli civilian targets.

7.   Its military wing has claimed several attacks in which dozens have died since the start of self-rule.

8.   The extreme-left wing Red Brigades claimed revernment ministers accused the unions of nurturing a climate of unrest which had been conducive to the murder.