(CNN/Yediot Ahronot/Jerusalem Post) A car bomb exploded Thursday in the lobby of the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, where many Israelis were staying. Among the dead were 3 Israeli tourists, including 2 children, as well as 6 Kenyans. More than 80 were reported wounded, including 17 Israelis. At about the same time, two missiles were fired toward an Israeli Arkia charter aircraft that had just taken off from Mombasa airport. The aircraft was slightly damaged but continued toward Israel where it landed safely. Israel suspects al Qaeda is behind the two attacks. Kenya was the scene of a terrorist attack on Aug. 7, 1998, when a car bomb blast outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi killed 219 people, including 12 Americans, and wounded 5,000.
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