Troops Attack Arafat's Compound

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s headquarters early Thursday, blew up three buildings in the sprawling compound and shelled the Palestinian leader's living area in response to a Palestinian suicide attack on an Israeli bus that killed 17 passengers.

A tank shell hit about 5 feet from Arafat's bed, punching a hole into the wall dividing his bedroom and an adjacent bathroom.

Pointing to his dust-covered bed, broken bedroom mirror and shattered bathroom tiles, Arafat suggested Israel was trying to kill him. "I was supposed to sleep here last night but I had some work downstairs," he said. "Of course they (the Israelis) knew where I was. Everybody knows this is my bedroom."