There haven't been one of these in a long time...thank God.

Teenage Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in a Market in Tel Aviv

A 16-year-old Palestinian blew himself up on Monday in an outdoor market here, killing 3 Israelis and wounding 32 others, three days after Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, left the region for medical attention in France.

The scene at the Carmel market was grisly, with scattered cartons, bits of metal and crushed fruit in pools of blood, the pungent sweet odor of guavas mixed with the rusty tang of blood and explosive.

One of the dead was the owner of a clothing shop, who was filling in for her sick husband; another was a young woman who had recently gone to work selling cheese. At the clothing shop, wire hangers were bent, and a blouse still hung above the wreckage, with holes from shrapnel. The third fatality was identified as Shmuel Levy, 65, of Jaffa.

The attackers mother was only upset in that his handlers didn't wait a couple of years to send him.

The attack was also condemned by Mr. Far's mother, Samira Abdullah, 45, who said: "It's immoral to send someone so young. They should have sent an adult who understands the meaning of his deeds."

Not to criticize the Times' reporting, but that is hardly a condemnation of the attack. Needless to say..

Police officials say they believe the bomber got his explosive belt in Ramallah, and crossed into Israel at a point where a barrier Israel is building had yet been finished.