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Attack Won't Derail Talks: Israel

Deadly seminary attack draws international condemnation

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 4:55 AM CST

(Newser) – Israel has vowed that US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians will continue despite an attack on a Jerusalem seminary last night that killed eight students, the BBC reports. A Palestinian gunman fired into a group of 80 Jewish students before he was shot dead. Israel and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas both slammed Hamas for hailing the shootings as a "natural reaction" to Israeli missile attacks on Gaza that claimed 120 Palestinian lives. 

"Those celebrating these murders have shown themselves to be the enemies not only of Israel, but the enemies of peace and reconciliation," said an Israeli government spokesman. The UN failed to agree on a statement condemning the shootings after Libya demanded it be coupled with a condemnation of the Gaza deaths.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others before he was killed, police and rescue...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study...   (Associated Press)
Israeli border police officers rush to the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A Palestinian gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people before he was shot dead, police and rescue workers...
Israeli border police officers rush to the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A Palestinian gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded...   (Associated Press)
A Palestinian reacts, shortly after a shooting attack at Mercaz Harav yeshiva killed eight people in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
A Palestinian reacts, shortly after a shooting attack at Mercaz Harav yeshiva killed eight people in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)   (Associated Press)
Israeli rescue workers and citizens wait at the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding dozens of others before he was killed,...
Israeli rescue workers and citizens wait at the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Zaka Rescue and Recovery, rescue workers clean up blood in the library at the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem at a seminary, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A Palestinian gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime...
In this photo released by Zaka Rescue and Recovery, rescue workers clean up blood in the library at the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem at a seminary, Thursday, March 6, 2008. A Palestinian gunman...   (Associated Press)
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