THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: An explosion on or near a bus in Jerusalem on Wednesday caused dozens of casualties, police said.
Scores of ambulances converged on the area, near the central bus station and a city conference hall in a Jewish neighbourhood of downtown Jerusalem.
Around 20 people had been wounded, according to medical sources, some of them seriously.
The explosion appears to be the first bus bombing in several years and comes amid rising tensions between Hamas militants and Israel.
Bombings have been rare in Jerusalem in the past several years. Palestinians carried out dozens of bombings in the city at the height of an uprising that began in 2000.
Witnesses said people could be seen lying on the floor covered in blood, and many cars and buses had shattered windows. » | Wednesday, March 23, 2011
