| RAMALLAH, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A senior Palestinian official denied on Sunday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) had accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of being behind the Friday bombing attack in Tel Aviv.
Planning Minister Ghassan al-Khatib told "Voice of Palestine"radio that the PNA did not point a finger of accusation to Hezbollah, adding "there is no official accusation at all to any organization."
Saraya al Quds, armed wing of the Islamic Jihad (Holy War)movement, had officially claimed responsibility for the attack carried out by a Palestinian suicide bomber from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The bomber blew himself up at a nightclub in Tel Aviv, killingat least four Israelis and wounding some 60 others."All the mass media in such circumstances should be patient andbe accurate in publishing sensitive materials that are totally untrue," said al Khatib. "Local (Palestinian) media should notquote news from the Israeli media."
"Those who are earning benefits out of this attack are the extreme right-wings in Israel who never stop working on undermining all the efforts to achieve a truce and get back to the peace process," he added.
On Saturday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas accused a "thirdparty" of being responsible for the Tel Aviv attack, but did notname it in public.
Palestinian police arrested two suspects of the attack on Saturday, and reports quoted a senior security official as sayingthat inquiries indicated the hand of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah, which categorically denied any involvement.
The Hizbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is long accused by theUnited States and Israel of helping train Jihad militants andfunding the group. Enditem
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