Suicide Bombers Attack Convoys Of Israelis

A pair of Palestinian suicide bombers in the self-ruled Gaza Strip attacked two convoys of Israelis within minutes Thursday morning, but they killed only themselves.

The twin car bombs, which slightly injured 11 Israelis, were kept at some distance from their targets by Israeli army escorts in armored jeeps.

Israeli forces were operating on high alert because Islamic Jihad, which buried its slain leader in Damascus on Wednesday, had vowed to mount revenge attacks.

Israel is widely assumed to have dispatched the assassins who gunned down the Jihad leader, Fathi Shiqaqi, in Malta last week.