Responsibility for Jerusalem attack still ambiguous

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Who ordered the attack on Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem? Hamas may not have claimed responsibility for the attack officially, but the organization is utilizing its aftermath for propaganda.

Hamas radio broadcasted Friday a statement in which the organization claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was a "jolting response to the violence in Gaza in which more than 120 Palestinians were killed," and calling on all Hamas supporters to "celebrate this victory against the brutal enemy."

Shortly after that, the radio station reported Hamas had gone back on the claim – "for now".

The Palestinian Authority and the various organizations in the Strip are still trying to find out who sent the gunmen - Alaa Abu Dheim from Jabel Mukaber, a neighborhood in east Jerusalem - to carry out the attack.

Dheim and his family are known as Hamas supporters, but security officials in the PA believe that the order came from Hizbullah.

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