Bus explodes in Jerusalem
By Associated Press
Mar 23, 2011 8:20 AM CDT
An Israeli youth stands next to a house that was damaged after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, landed in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, Wednesday, March. 23, 2011. Gaza militants say they've fired rockets at Israel after the Israeli military killed seven Palestinians,...   (Associated Press)

A bus has exploded in Jerusalem, and people are being taken away on stretchers.

Wednesday's explosion occurred near the main entrance to Jerusalem, shattering windows. People are lying on the ground and taken away on stretchers.

The explosion appears to be the first bus bombing in several years and comes amid rising tensions between Hamas militants and Israel.

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