Hamas man from Qalqilyah bombed
disco
By Daniel
Sobelman and Amos Harel
Ha'aretz Correspondents and
Agencies
The Dolphi-Disco suicide bomber was Sa'id
Hutari, 22, from Qalqilyah refugee camp in the West Bank, according
to a statement Hamas released yesterday. The radical Islamic
movement said Hutari was a Hamas supporter, but it did not take
responsibility for the terrorist attack that left 19 people
dead.
The Hamas statement said Hutari had attended prayer
services at the Ali ben Abu Taleb mosque in Qalqilyah and had also
joined religious classes there. Palestinian Authority security
sources said Hutari, whose family lives in Jordan, had been a
sergeant in the Jordanian army. He moved to Qalqilyah with his
brother about two years ago, leaving the rest of his family in
Jordan.
According to the PA sources, Hutari was arrested and
held for 12 days by Palestinian security forces two months ago
following a suicide bomb attack in March that killed two Israeli
youths and wounded four. That attack, in Neveh Yamin, was carried
out by a friend of Hutari's, Fadi Atallah.
Hezbollah
television station, Al-Manar, reported last night that the
military wing of Hamas, Az a Din al Kassam, had taken responsibility
for Friday's suicide bombing.
In an interview with Abu Dhabi
television yesterday, Hutari's father Hassan said he did not regret
his son's action, adding that Sa'id's bravery would be remembered by
Palestinians. "If I had 20 children, I would send them to commit
suicide in Israel and kill Israelis," he said.
Israeli
security sources said they had numerous reports about preparations
for more terror attacks by Hamas.
 
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