(New York Times) - With a bomb hidden under his sweater, a Palestinian boy in his teens, Hussam Abdo, approached Israeli soldiers on Wednesday at the same West Bank checkpoint, near Nablus, where last week another boy was captured with a bomb in his bag. Cameramen filmed the boy's capture (see video). "This is another example of the Palestinians' cynical use of innocent children, turning their kids into human time bombs," said David Baker, an official in the prime minister's office.
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