A suicide bomber set off a massive explosion Sunday at a restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, killing at least 14 people, police and ambulance sources said. At least 35 people were injured, seven of them seriously. Witnesses said the restaurant was crowded at the time of the blast. The building was severely damaged in the explosion, and a large hole could be seen in its roof. The bomber also died in the attack. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the bomber as a man from Jenin. Palestinian Islamic Jihad had also claimed responsibility. Hamas is a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group that has been labeled by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organization. Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a militant group dedicated to the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel.

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