Four Israelis killed by martyr bomber in Eilat Hamas considers attack `natural response` to Israeli crimes

Source: Moqawama.org, 29-1-2007
A Palestinian martyr bomber killed at least four people and wounded many more in a bakery in the Israeli occupation`s illegal settlement of Eilat Monday.
Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the "Army of Believers" all claimed responsibility for the bombing which was the first in Occupied Palestine in nine months.
A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad said that the bomber traveled to the resort of Eilat via Jordan.
"After examining the site of the explosion a connection was found between the explosives and one of the bodies and we now believe the explosion was caused by a suicide (self-sacrifice) bomber," police occupation spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Israeli occupation had earlier said that the blast, which ripped through the Lehamim Bakery next to a small shopping centre in Eilat settlement, had been an accident.
Hamas movement said that the bombing in Israel`s Eilat settlement was a "natural response to the "crimes" of the Jewish state against the Palestinians.
"The Eilat operation is a natural response to the occupier`s crimes against our people amid continued blockades, incursions, assassinations and arrests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan said.
"It is the Zionist enemy who is responsible for the deteriorating situation among the Palestinians. The resistance is entitled to defend the Palestinian people," he added.