A suicide bomber has wrecked a bus in Jerusalem, killing up to 20 people and injuring about 80 others in the evening of Tuesday. The blast took place at about 21.00 local time in an ultra-Orthodox area - Shmuel Hanavi - near the old dividing line between east and west Jerusalem. The militant Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both said they carried out the attack. The Israeli Government responded by cutting all contact with the Palestinian leadership and put on hold all talk of transferring security control in West Bank towns and cities. Israel is also reimposing a total closure on the West Bank and Gaza, allowing no Palestinians in or out.

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