HAARETZ 1. Five killed and 55 wounded in Islamic Jihad suicide attack in Hadera. IDF DEPLOYING FOR WIDE-RANGING OPERATION IN TERRITORIES. IDF action: Main in Samaria in Jenin, Tulkarm and larger villages. Suicide terrorist: Islamic Jihad accepts responsibility; terrorist released from prison several weeks ago. Reactions: You promised quiet, bereaved father shouted at politicians and police. Gaza Strip: Agreement between Mofaz and Mubarak on operation of crossings around Gaza Strip. 2. IRANIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR WIPING ISRAEL OFF THE MAP. 3. NEW [GREEK ORTHODOX] PATRIARCH: ISRAEL CONDITIONING RECOGNITION OF ME ON SALE OF ASSETS. Accuses Israel of illegal attempt to pressure for approval of doubtful deals. HATZOFEH 1. Five murdered and over 30 wounded in attack perpetrated by suicide terrorist. HORROR RETURNS TO HADERA. Few minutes before 16:00, Islamic Jihad suicide terrorist arrived at entrance to Hadera market and blew himself up. Terrorist left from northern Samaria, from same area that Israel unilaterally withdrew from two months ago. DM promised sharp response but security establishment decided on restrained response to attack and possibility of ground later. Political sources: Order to perpetrate attack came directly from terrorism HQ in Syria. 2. MOFAZ: HAMAS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN PA ELECTIONS. MAARIV 1. Five killed in market attack. Finger points to Syria. BETWEEN HADERA AND DAMASCUS. After elimination of commanders, Islamic Jihad promised revenge and delivered. Suicide terrorist succeeded in penetrating Hadera market and murdered five people who had stopped to eat falafel. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Following Hadera terrorist attack: IDF begins wide-ranging operation to eliminate Islamic Jihad infrastructures in Jenin and Tulkarm. WAR ON ISLAMIC JIHAD. Terrorist left Jenin, reached Hadera market falafel stand and blew up. Five killed. IDF: Fence is porous, anyone can penetrate. Mubarak to Yediot Ahronot: Hard to collect weapons from terrorist organizations now. 2. MKS NEW HILTON. Sparkling marble, kitchenette and showers in 50 new luxury offices waiting for MKs. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Both papers comment on various issues related to yesterdays deadly terrorist bombing in Hadera in which five people were murdered: Yediot Ahronot says, Let us not be tempted by the claim that if IDF forces had not killed Louay Saadi, that Islamic Jihad would remain quiet, and adds, Those who make such claims are naďve and find it hard to accept the thought that among the Palestinians there are those will try to kill us no matter what. The editors disagree with right-wing elements who claim that the attack is a result of the Disengagement Plan and Prime Minister Ariel Sharons moderate policies. The paper believes that, Our failure is the terribly slow pace at which the separation fence and the crossings are being built, and says that if the fence was being built as close as possible to the Green Line and around the larger settlement blocs, it would be possible to build it much quicker. Hatzofeh says that, In the country whose affairs are run by US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, the IDF is engaged in small-time actions instead of eliminating terrorism, the air force planes try to frighten birds with sonic booms and the artillery fires into open fields so as not to disturb the neighbors rest. The editors accuse Prime Minister Sharon of reneging on his promises to hit sharply at post-disengagement terrorism and to bar Hamas from participating in the Palestinian Authority elections and assert that, While Abu Mazen has condemned the attack in order to gain Western sympathy, he has done nothing serious to disarm the terrorist organizations. __________ Yediot Ahronot, in its second editorial, suggests that were it not for the fact that Syria is disturbing US policy in Iraq, the UN would not have appointed a special investigator to inquire into the murder of Rafik Hariri. The editors say that it is anybodys guess who, or what type of regime, could replace Bashar Assad in Damascus.
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