JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first Palestinian suicide bombing in a year highlighted the depth of the challenge facing a U.S. peace push that Israel says hinges on President Mahmoud Abbas containing Hamas as well as rebels within his own Fatah faction.
"The Army of Palestine", which says it is a unit of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, was the first group to claim responsibility for Monday's attack in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, though al-Aqsa spokesmen in the occupied West Bank denied any involvement.