An Israeli policeman surveys the scene of an explosion in the southern city of Eilat January 29, 2007. A Palestinian suicide bomber killed at least three people in a bakery in Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, the first such attack in the Jewish state in nine months, police said. Three Palestinian militant groups claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. [Photo: REUTERS]

A spokesman for Israel Police was quoted by the daily as saying that three people and the bomber were killed in the blast.

This was a suicide bombing and the bomber is one of the dead. He apparently entered with a bag or an explosives belt and blew himself up inside the shop, a police officer in Eilat told Israel's Army Radio.

Three Palestinian military groups, the Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian National Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and the previously unknown Army of Believers claimed later responsibility for the attack.

Islamic Jihad said that the bomber had originally set out from the West Bank.

Witnesses said that body parts were strewn throughout the bakery.

Israeli police initially thought that the explosion was caused by a gas leak but then found out that it had been caused by a bomb.

Eilat District Police has intensified its security presence in the city and is carrying out an investigation. Eilat police chief Bruno Stein said the police believed there could be more bombers in the city.

The emergency services raised their alert level to the highest.

The bombing is the first to strike Israel since last April, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Tel Aviv's old bus station, killing eight people.

Eilat, at the northern tip of the Red Sea, is a popular resort for Israelis and foreigners. The coastal city has largely been spared the violence of the past years.

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以色列《国土报》报道，周一上午在以色列南部旅游城市埃列特，至少有3人死于一起自杀式炸弹袭击事件，袭击者在当地一家面包店里引爆了自己。 日报引用一名以色列警察局发言人的话称“有3人及一名袭击者死亡”。 “这是一起自杀式炸弹爆炸，袭击者也是死者之一。他带着一个包或一条炸弹腰带直接进入店中，然后在店里引爆自己。”一名埃列特警察官员告诉以色列军方电台。 稍后三个巴勒斯坦军事组织：伊斯兰圣战组织，阿克萨烈士旅，巴勒斯坦总理阿巴斯手下的巴勒斯坦民族解放运动组织，以及一个不知名的“军队信仰者”组织声称对此次袭击事件负责。伊斯兰圣战组织说袭击者是最初从西岸出发的。 目击者称尸体碎片四处散落到整个面包店里。 以色列警察最初认为爆炸由煤气泄露引起，但随后发现是炸弹。 埃列特辖区警察局加强了城市安全保卫工作，并开始着手调查。埃列特警察局长布鲁诺.斯坦因说警方相信城市里还有更多的袭击者。 应急服务机构将警戒程度提到最高水平。 这次爆炸是自去年四月以来针对以色列的首次袭击，当时一名自杀式炸弹袭击者在特拉维夫的旧公交车站引爆了自己，炸死了8人。 埃列特位于红海的北端，是广受以色列游客和国外游客欢迎的旅游胜地。在过去许多年里这个海滨城市很大程度上免于暴力袭击。