Ambush leaves seven dead in deadly attack against civilians

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

EMMANUEL, West Bank -- In an elaborate ambush, Palestinians disguised as Israeli soldiers set off a bomb to stop a bus near a Jewish settlement Tuesday and then fired on its passengers as they scrambled to escape. Seven people were killed and 14 wounded.

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