(Intelligence and Terrorism Center at the Center for Special Studies-Hebrew) On June 1, 2001, Said Hassan Houtari, a Hamas suicide bomber, attacked the Dolphinariuim discotheque in Tel Aviv, killing 21 Israelis, most of them teenagers, and wounding 83. It has now been disclosed that the Palestinian Authority transferred $2,000 to Houtari's father, who resides in Jordan, on June 18 of that year. German television reported that Arafat sent the bomber's father a note praising the attack by his son.
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