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JERUSALEM — A Palestinian gunman opened fire in an Israeli bus station Thursday, killing three Israelis, even as Israeli and Palestinian officials resumed high-level talks on a truce thrown into doubt by bloody fighting.
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met at an undisclosed location in Jerusalem with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia and Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat, according to officials on both sides.
But just minutes after the meeting ended, a suspected Palestinian militant wearing an Israeli army uniform opened fire at the central bus station in Afula, a small Israeli city in Israel's north. He killed three Israelis and wounded 14 others before he was shot dead, police and witnesses said.
Afula — just across the line between Israel and the West Bank, near the Palestinian town of Jenin — has been the target of attacks by Palestinian militants several times. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the gunfire attack.
At the truce talks, the Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed each other for failing to implement the latest truce, declared last week. Erekat called the meeting "difficult."
"So far, the Israel's haven't implemented anything," he said. Israel had pledged to pull tanks and troops back from Palestinian cities and towns and remove roadblocks.
An Israeli official, requesting anonymity, said Peres told the Palestinians that the test of the cease-fire would be results on the ground. Israel has complained that Palestinians have carried out dozens of gunfire attacks since the truce was announced Sept. 26.
The meeting between Peres and the Palestinian officials had initially been set for Wednesday but was called off after an outburst of violence in the Gaza Strip, including a lethal attack on a Jewish settlement by Islamic militants.
Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said Wednesday that Israel was stopping until the Palestinians "take control and stop terrorism."
It was not immediately clear what prompted the change in Israel's position.
The European Union envoy in the Middle East, Miguel Moratinos, met separately Wednesday with Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and urged them to resume truce talks, said a European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The United States wants to restore calm in the region as it tries to win Arab and Muslim support for possible military action against Islamic militants suspected of carrying out the terror attacks in New York and Washington last month. Peres and Arafat affirmed a truce deal last week.
Still, violence has persisted. On Tuesday, two Islamic militants attacked the Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip, killing a young Israeli couple and wounding 15 people, including seven soldiers. The assailants were killed by Israeli snipers.
In retaliation, Israeli tanks destroyed Palestinian farmland and shelled seven police stations Wednesday. Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.
The militant Hamas took responsibility for attacking the settlement.
The Palestinian Authority denounced the infiltration, calling it a violation of the cease-fire. But Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman charged that Israel is carrying out a contradictory policy, calling on Palestinian police to arrest militants and then attacking the same police.
Also Thursday, Palestinians opened fire for the second day in a row at Israelis visiting the tense, divided West Bank city of Hebron. Israelis dived for cover during the shooting. No one was hurt Thursday; on Wednesday two women were wounded.
In a drive-by shooting late Wednesday, Palestinians shot and seriously wounded an Israeli couple near Jerusalem.
Since fighting erupted on Sept. 28, 2000, 664 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 182 have been killed on the Israeli side.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met at an undisclosed location in Jerusalem with Palestinian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Qureia and Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat, according to officials on both sides.
But just minutes after the meeting ended, a suspected Palestinian militant wearing an Israeli army uniform opened fire at the central bus station in Afula, a small Israeli city in Israel's north. He killed three Israelis and wounded 14 others before he was shot dead, police and witnesses said.
Afula — just across the line between Israel and the West Bank, near the Palestinian town of Jenin — has been the target of attacks by Palestinian militants several times. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the gunfire attack.
At the truce talks, the Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed each other for failing to implement the latest truce, declared last week. Erekat called the meeting "difficult."
"So far, the Israel's haven't implemented anything," he said. Israel had pledged to pull tanks and troops back from Palestinian cities and towns and remove roadblocks.
An Israeli official, requesting anonymity, said Peres told the Palestinians that the test of the cease-fire would be results on the ground. Israel has complained that Palestinians have carried out dozens of gunfire attacks since the truce was announced Sept. 26.
The meeting between Peres and the Palestinian officials had initially been set for Wednesday but was called off after an outburst of violence in the Gaza Strip, including a lethal attack on a Jewish settlement by Islamic militants.
Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said Wednesday that Israel was stopping until the Palestinians "take control and stop terrorism."
It was not immediately clear what prompted the change in Israel's position.
The European Union envoy in the Middle East, Miguel Moratinos, met separately Wednesday with Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and urged them to resume truce talks, said a European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The United States wants to restore calm in the region as it tries to win Arab and Muslim support for possible military action against Islamic militants suspected of carrying out the terror attacks in New York and Washington last month. Peres and Arafat affirmed a truce deal last week.
Still, violence has persisted. On Tuesday, two Islamic militants attacked the Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai in the northern Gaza Strip, killing a young Israeli couple and wounding 15 people, including seven soldiers. The assailants were killed by Israeli snipers.
In retaliation, Israeli tanks destroyed Palestinian farmland and shelled seven police stations Wednesday. Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.
The militant Hamas took responsibility for attacking the settlement.
The Palestinian Authority denounced the infiltration, calling it a violation of the cease-fire. But Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman charged that Israel is carrying out a contradictory policy, calling on Palestinian police to arrest militants and then attacking the same police.
Also Thursday, Palestinians opened fire for the second day in a row at Israelis visiting the tense, divided West Bank city of Hebron. Israelis dived for cover during the shooting. No one was hurt Thursday; on Wednesday two women were wounded.
In a drive-by shooting late Wednesday, Palestinians shot and seriously wounded an Israeli couple near Jerusalem.
Since fighting erupted on Sept. 28, 2000, 664 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 182 have been killed on the Israeli side.
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