Worldwide Reactions:

Costa Rica condemns Tel Aviv suicide attack Turkey strongly condemns Tel Aviv suicide attack Middle East mediators to meet in May: Annan International community condemns Tel Aviv suicide attack UN chief calls on Palestinian authority to act against terrorism Spain condemns Palestinian suicide attack in Tel Aviv Straw condemns suicide bombing in Tel Aviv Germany condemns suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv French FM condemns strongly Tel-Aviv bomb attack Russia urges Palestine to stop anti-Israeli actions

Relatives of David Shaulov who was killed in the Tel Aviv suicide bombing, mourn during his funeral in Holon, near Tel Aviv, April 18, 2006. Israel blamed the Hamas-led Palestinian government on Tuesday for a Tel Aviv. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

Sami Salim Hamad (L), a militant from Islamic Jihad, poses with a weapon during his last testimony in this image taken from video footage made available on April 17, 2006.  The mother (R) of Sami Salim Hamad holds his picture outside the family's home in the West Bank village of Arakah, near Jenin, April 17, 2006. An Arab television station aired a video tape showing Hamad and said he carried out the Tel Aviv, Israel suicide bombing attack on April 17, 2006. Family members said Hamad worked as a waiter in Jenin and told his employer on Sunday he would not be coming back to work.  (Photo: Xinhua/Reuters)

Six killed in Israel's Tel Aviv bomb attack  17/04 19:28:28

Backgrounder: Chronology of suicide bombings in Israel   JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in a Palestinian suicide bomb attack near the old central bus station in southern Tel Aviv Monday afternoon, police said. Tel Aviv bombing part of self-defense: Hamas 17/04 20:11:18      GAZA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesman for the Islamic Hamas movement, said on Monday that the Tel Aviv bombing attack was part of the Palestinian peoples' right of self-defense. Israeli PM decides not to target PNA over suicide bombing 17/04 20:11:18     JERUSALEM, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Israel's interim government decided on Tuesday to limit a response to Monday's deadly suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, refraining from a major military action against the Hamas-led Palestinian government, the Ha'aretz daily reported.   --Jihad has no plan to halt rocket attacks on Israel: leader   --Islamic Jihad declares one-week unilateral truce with Israel   --Erekat terms Israeli operation in Gaza as politically motivated   --Palestinian envoy seeks Security Council action on Israel

Israel continues shelling northern Gaza 17/04 17:02:19

A Palestinian youth walks through a damaged house after it was hit by an Israeli tank shell in northern Gaza Strip April 4. (Retuers)   GAZA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army has continued bombarding open areas in northern Gaza Strip in response to homemade rockets launched by Palestinian militants, witnesses and security sources said on Monday.    Group photos: Israel closes Security Liaison Office   --Israel on high alert as PM mulls response to Tel Aviv bombing  --Israeli army storms Nablus, detaining 10 Palestinians   --Senior Palestinian militant killed by Israeli troops   --Israeli tanks thrust into eastern Gaza Strip   --Israel rejects Hamas long-term truce: official

UN chief urges Israel, Palestinians to exercise restraint  10/04 09:09:28

UNITED NATIONS, April 9 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday voiced concern over the recent upsurge in Middle East violence and called on Israel and Palestinians to refrain from any measures that could escalate the violence.   --UN official expresses concern over Gaza situation    --Egypt denounces Israeli attacks against Palestinians

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