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The 18-year-old carpenter slipped into Israel on Sunday, traveled to the nearby coastal city of Netanya, and, wearing an olive-colored Israeli army uniform, disappeared into a narrow lane of vegetable stands at an outdoor market. He set off explosives that ripped him apart, killed three Israelis and wounded dozens.

Staring into the camera lens, the young Boshkar said, "I will not be the last (bombing). There will be others."

Less than 24 hours after he exploded, another Palestinian blew himself up at a busy crossroads in northern Israel, killing only himself. Later Monday, Israeli troops raided the West Bank town of Tulkarem and arrested a woman they believed was planning to carry out a bombing.

On Tuesday, soldiers blockaded the West Bank village of Beit Furik because they suspected a Palestinian militant there was trying to reach Israel to carry out a bombing.

At the Boshkar home, Osama's father Adel sat on an old sofa, his eyes brimming with tears. The elder Boshkar said the bombing took him by surprise. He seemed proud as he greeted neighbors and family, and he said he hoped more young people would commit such attacks.

Osama, like many attackers, knew Israel well and used to work there in a carpentry workshop, said his father. His sponsor in carrying out the attack was a radical PLO faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

"I donate my soul to Palestine and to revenge for the blood of the people," he said. "I am committing my operation to ensure the continuation of resistance and to respond to all the bloody Israeli policies."

He also said the attack was revenge for the detention of Ahmed Saadat, a PFLP leader. Saadat has been held in a Palestinian jail in the West Bank town of Jericho under British and American supervision since May 1.

Israel had demanded his detention, saying he is responsible for the killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in October. The PFLP claimed responsibility for killing Zeevi in an east Jerusalem hotel.

Israel suspects Saadat might have been behind Sunday's bombing. Saadat has given a phone interview from detention, and Israeli media reports said he has been visited by PFLP activists. British diplomats are seeking Israeli proof of the allegations.

PHOTO CAPTION

Salah Boshkar, 12, holds a December 2001 photograph of his brother Osama Boshkar, 18, holding a niece as their father Adel hugs a well-wisher in the background, at their home in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, May 20, 2002. Boshkar was identified by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) as the bomber responsible for Sunday's attack on a market in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)