Israel confirms bus bomber killed in attack

The Israel Police confirms that the 19-year-old Palestinian who was killed in the Jerusalem bus terror attack was the bomber.

It says Abed al-Hamid Abu Srour, 19, from Beit Jala in the Bethlehem area, “is associated with Hamas.”

Police say the army and Shin Bet security service have arrested several Hamas members from the Bethlehem area who are suspected of helping plan Monday’s bombing, which injured 20 people.

Their names remain under a gag order.

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