A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mall near Tel Aviv Monday night, killing a baby girl and her grandmother and wounding more than 40 others. The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade said the attack was in retaliation for the Israeli army’s killing of three of its members in Nablus last week. The New York Times reports a short-lived sense of security in the immediate aftermath of the Israeli army’s massive attacks on the West Bank earlier this month has largely dissipated. Fighting erupted as the Israeli army swept into the city of Jenin again today, and the Israeli army has reoccupied Bethlehem.

Meanwhile, five Israeli soldiers have been sent to prison for up to five months for looting and vandalizing Palestinian property during the recent Israeli invasion of the West Bank. A group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank has launched a controversial campaign to attract more Israelis to join them. The Israeli defense minister and peace activists are denouncing the campaign.