HAMAS: BUS ATTACK IS ‘JUST THE BEGINNING’: Hamas officials on Tuesday 19 April 2016, warned that the bomb attack on a Jerusalem bus a day earlier was “just the beginning.” So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, though all of them – Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and even Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah – welcomed it. In recent years, Hamas would delay publication of claims of responsibility for such attacks, explaining it wanted to protect its members. But Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Tuesday the attack was a “natural response to the Israeli crimes. Husam Badran, a senior Hamas official in Samaria, said the attack was the first of many in a series of attacks designed to surprise the “enemy wherever he is.” Badran stressed that the assault proves that the Palestinian people will not abandon the struggle. (Arutz-7) 

Strong intercession is vital to end the continuing incidents of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. Pray against the resurgence of bus bombing attacks and for special protection throughout the country during Israel’s Passover holidays that begin at the end of this week.