7 killed.

The Jerusalem Post has a photo of the suicide bomber:

*Graphic* photos at Getty Images (hat tip: Allah). Whole set here.

JPost has details of the attack:

This was the second suicide attack to take place at Falafel Rosh Ha’ir (Mayor’s Falafel) restaurant, which was targeted four months ago by a suicide bomber from the Islamic Jihad, who together with the Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack in a video released to Palestinian television.

An eyewitness said that he had seen a security guard stop and search a young man, later identified by Islamic Jihad as Sami Salim Mohammed Hammed, from the West Bank town of Jenin. Hammed, according to the witness, detonated a bag at the entrance to the restaurant just prior to the blast.

One of the restaurant’s owners told Channel 2 that he had seen the bomber scuffle with a security guard, then detonate the explosive device just outside the restaurant.

In addition, security forces stopped a suspicious vehicle traveling from Jerusalem to Ramallah, which was seen fleeing from the scene of the attack. Police interrogated the three passengers, two of who were Israeli-Arabs, but released them citing a lack of evidence that they were involved in the attack.

Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert responded to the first terror attack of his short tenure by saying that, “We will know how to respond. We know what to do.”

Ed Morrissey: Another example of the triangle offensive

U.S. condemns attack…

Judith Apter Klinghoffer writes on the Tel Aviv bombing and Paris collusion in funding Hamas.

40,000 suicide bombers ready to strike, Iran claims…

…and Palestinian militant leaders rally behind Iran.

One report notes nails and metal shards were packed with the explosives (hat tip: Allah Pundit).

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