💰 Twin blasts in Jerusalem kill one in suspected Palestinian attack

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- Summary- At least 14 injured in two blasts at bus stops- Hamas praises attack, does not claim responsibility- Explosions recall bus bomb attacks in 2000-05- Body of Israeli high-schooler briefly held in West BankJERUSALEM, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded at bus stops on Jerusalem's outskirts on Wednesday, killing a 16-year-old boy and wounding at least 14 people in what appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants, Israeli authorities said.CCTV footage showed the moment of the first explosion with a sudden cloud of smoke billowing from the bus stop.In a separate incident in the occupied West Bank, which has seen an intensification of violence since March, Palestinian gunmen seized the body of an Israeli Druze high-schooler who had been taken to a hospital in the town of Jenin after a car accident, his family said.What the gunmen's motivation might have been was not clear, Relatives of slain Palestinians held by Israel demonstrated in Jenin for an exchange of remains.Ultra-nationalist Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, one of Netanyahu's likely coalition partners, demanded tough action, saying security forces should go "house to house in search of guns and restore our deterrence power.""

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