(Jerusalem Post) - Israeli police arrested seven Israeli Arabs from the Galilee for allegedly aiding the suicide bomber who attacked an Egged Bus August 4, killing 9 people and wounding 48. Ibrahim and Yassin Bakri and other family members reportedly helped the bomber by picking him up in Acre, purchasing batteries to power the explosive he carried, and sheltering him in the village. They hid his bomb in a nursery school and helped him choose his target.
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