FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKS ISRAELI TROOPS

Female suicide bomber attacks Israeli troops in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up near Israeli troops on Monday in a Gaza town where Israeli forces had killed two women acting as human shields for militants, residents said. The Israeli army, confirming the suicide attack in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, said one soldier was slightly wounded and evacuated to hospital....

The militant Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in Beit Hanoun, where Israeli troops have been operating for the past six days in an assault the army said was aimed at curbing cross-border rocket attacks. "Soldiers called on her to stop, then she blew herself up," an Israeli army spokesman said.