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A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a Jerusalem neighborhood where hitchhikers gather, killing at least one person and injuring more than a dozen others. The Palestinian militant group al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades has claimed responsibility.
Witnesses say the female suicide bomber blew herself up as a border policeman approached her. She was in a street crosswalk near a favorite hitchhiker gathering spot for soldiers when police became suspicious of her.
The neighborhood, known as French Hill, borders the so-called Green Line that separates Israel from the West Bank.
[In a phone call to an international news agency,] Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades says the attack was in retaliation for Israel's recent targeted killings of Palestinian militants in the West Bank. The militant group is linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
The bombing [on Wednesday] is the first in Jerusalem since last February. The most recent terrorist attack inside Israel occurred last months in the southern city of Beersheva, and killed 16 people. | 
