DATE=3/17/01

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE=ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS (S)

NUMBER=2-287654

BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN

DATELINE=JERUSALEM

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INTRO: A Palestinian gunman has killed an Israeli teenager and wounded 10 others in central Israel and a suicide bomber struck near a bus in Jerusalem. Correspondent Laurie Kassman reports no groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks.

TEXT: Witnesses say a gunman calmly walked down the middle of the road toward police after firing at pedestrians near the police station in Kfar Saba. This is the third suicide attack in Kfar Saba since the Palestinian uprising began 18-months ago.

The town is 20-kilometers north of Tel Aviv, about three-kilometers west of the West Bank town of Qalqilya. Israeli troops had invaded the Palestinian town last week to hunt suspected terrorists

In the Jerusalem suicide attack police say the bomber set off explosives as he rushed at a bus, killing only himself and lightly injuring several bystanders.

Israel's government has condemned the attacks. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has warned that Israel will respond to any violence, even during cease-fire negotiations.

U-S envoy Anthony Zinni is in Israel in his third attempt to mediate a truce to end 18-months of bloodshed. (SIGNED)

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