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Related: At least 4 killed in suicide bomb
attack in Tel Aviv
RAMALLAH, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian
Interior Minister Nasser Yousef said Saturday that police arrested two people
suspected of being involved in the Tel Aviv attack which killed at least four
Israelis and wounded 50 others Friday night.
Yousef told reporters in the West Bank city of
Ramallah that thetwo will be interrogated without revealing the identities of
the detainees.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources in the West
Bank said the two men were arrested in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Earlier, Israeli army sources identified the bomber
as Abdullah Badran, 21, a student from Al-Aqsa University in the West Bank,
whothey claimed was a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the armed wing of
the Fatah movement.
On the heels of the Tel Aviv bombing, Israeli troops
on Saturday morning stormed the village of Deir al Ghusun, north of Tulkarem.
Israel's Army Radio claimed that the suicide bomber
is a resident of the village.
Palestinian witnesses said Israeli troops backed by
dozens of tanks and armored vehicles raided the village and imposed a curfew on
it.
Five Palestinians were arrested, among whom two were
Badran's brothers and one a local Imam, added the witnesses.
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