(Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew) Alex Fishman - Shin Bet and police investigators at first refused to believe that the female suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, who murdered 21 people at Maxim restaurant in Haifa on Oct. 4, sat wearing an explosive belt while she ate lunch, looked at those serving her and those seated around her, and decided to murder them in cold blood. A cash register receipt proves that she got up, paid the bill, then went back inside and exploded. Investigators believe that the restaurant was not the original target, but that Jaradat had stopped there to eat before implementing a major terror attack at Haifa's Rambam Hospital. Before reaching Haifa, Jaradat had stopped at Hillel Yafe Hospital in Hadera where she bought candy at a nearby snack bar. She had entered Israel in a vehicle with Israeli license plates that was ordered in advance, and no one checked her at the crossing since soldiers do not check women riding in Israeli vehicles.
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