111.   Hamas confirmed Thursday that the bombers were members of its military wing, and it threatened to carry out more attacks against Israel.

112.   He added he had heard the suicide bomber was woman and offered understanding for her.

113.   He said the bomber may have been a woman, because there was an unidentified body of a woman whose condition suggested she may have been holding a bomb.

114.   In Lebanon, tha Al-Manar television station, run by the militant Hezbollah movement, said the bomber was a young Palestinian woman.

115.   Investigators have suspected the bombers are Islamic sympathizers recruited in the troubled French suburbs.

116.   Israel was still investigating whether a suicide bomber was also involved, he said.

117.   Israeli radio stations and newspapers reported Tuesday that security forces found out who the bombers were and where they were from.

118.   Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said he believed the bomber was one of five assailants Israeli security forces have been searching for in recent days.

119.   Israel has said it tightened a closure around Ramallah because of information that would-be car bombers were in the area and were trying to reach Jerusalem.

120.   Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said he believed the bomber was one five assailants Israeli security forces have been searching for.