JERUSALEM (AP) - A suicide attack in Jerusalem and a fatal shooting north of Tel Aviv on Sunday undermined the optimism surrounding U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni's third cease-fire mission to the region.
A gunman killed one person in Kfar Saba and wounded six more, one critically. Zinni was in a meeting with Israeli President Moshe Katsav when word of the attack reached him.
A short time later, a suicide bomber set off explosives near a bus in Jerusalem, killing himself and lightly wounding several passengers, authorities said.
"It is critical that the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) take responsibility and act against terror," Zinni said in response to the two attacks. "Now is the time to get to a cease-fire."
Israel reacted angrily to the violence.
Monday, March 18, 2002
Mideast Violence Hampers Cease-Fire
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