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Bomb wounds pupils Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020917/wl_nm/mideast_dc_3700 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020917/wl_nm/mideast_dc_3700 World - Reuters Bomb Wounds Palestinian Pupils in West Bank School Tue Sep 17, 1:14 PM ET By Wael Shyoukhi HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - An explosion in a West Bank school wounded five Palestinian children Tuesday, fueling suspicions Jewish militants may have been involved. Israeli police said the blast in a primary school in the West Bank village of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron, was caused by an explosive device. Palestinian officials said five children were slightly injured in the blast near a toilet. "We are checking to see ... whether a Palestinian source, a criminal source or a Jewish source (was responsible)," police spokesman Gil Kleiman said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Israeli army radio quoted military sources as saying they suspected that Jewish militants were behind the incident. A police investigation found that Jewish militants were involved in a similar incident in March in which several Palestinian children and a teacher were slightly injured by a bomb that exploded at a school in a village near Jerusalem. After Tuesday's blast, the YESHA Council of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ( news - web sites) issued a statement condemning the planting of bombs in Palestinian schools. TANK INCURSION In a separate incident in Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank, a 14-year-old Palestinian was killed when a bomb he was apparently making blew up, Palestinian security officials said. Earlier, Israeli forces entered a Palestinian held-area in the southern Gaza Strip and destroyed workshops which the army says were secretly being used to manufacture weapons. The owners of the workshops denied the buildings had been used to make weapons. No casualties were reported and Israeli forces left several hours later. In the army raid, Palestinian witnesses said about 30 tanks and armored vehicles penetrated about one mile into the southern city of Khan Younis. The army, which has stepped up raids in Gaza while enforcing curfews in West Bank cities, said its forces had demolished nine foundries used to manufacture makeshift bombs, rockets and ammunition, and detained 23 people linked to militant groups. At least 1,542 Palestinians and 591 Israelis have been killed in violence since the Palestinians rose up against Israeli occupation in September 2000. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said in a radio interview he welcomed some recent "positive signs" from the Palestinians, such as calls by a top minister for an end to all violence and pressure for reforms by the Palestinian parliament. But Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ( news - web sites) took a tough line in a speech commemorating the 1973 Middle East War, saying Israel should have responded more aggressively to what he called Palestinian violations of interim peace accords. Palestinians say Israel failed to meet its obligations under the accords. "If we had responded to all this aggressively, we would have prevented what has happened here in the last two years," Sharon said. "This is the Middle East. There is no mercy for any sign of weakness or restraint on the breach of agreements." The Israeli leader, speaking against the backdrop of U.S.-Iraqi tensions, said Israel "should prepare for everything and rely mostly on ourselves." Israel has stepped up preparations for what it fears could be Iraqi retaliation against it should the United States launch an offensive to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites) over alleged procurement of weapons of mass destruction.

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