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Two Chinese Dead in Tel Aviv Bombing Attacks

Two Chinese people have been confirmed dead and six other injured in Tel Aviv suicide bomb attacks, CRI reported Monday.

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Two Chinese people have been confirmed dead and six other injured in Tel Aviv suicide bomb attacks, CRI reported Monday.

Fan Jianmin, Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Israel, confirmed the report, saying one of the dead is 41-year-old construction worker Li Peizhong from Weifang city in east China's Shandong province, while the other one is 50-year-old business woman Zhang Minmin from East China's Zhejiang Province.The counsellor added, among the 6 injured, 3 remain in critical condition.

The suicide bombs exploded in downtown Tel Aviv. Foreign workers, including Chinese, often come to its many coffee bars and restaurants. So far, at least 23 people are confirmed dead and 100 wounded: seven remain in critical condition.

The attacks occurred at the corner of G'dud Ha'ivri and Neve She'anan Streets. They were crowded with foreign workers near the old central bus station. At least 22 people were killed - two of them suspected suicide bombers - and at least 110 people injured in the explosion. Many of them are foreign workers, from Asia, Africa and Europe.

The same area was hit on July 17 by two suicide bombers who killed at least four people, including two Chinese -- Li Bin and Xu Hengyong.

The incident was also the third in less than a year to hit the crowded neighborhood of mostly foreign workers and poor people.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry in Monday's press release strongly condemned the bombings which targeted the innocent, and expressed deep sorrow for those killed and injured.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said that the government was highly concerned about the safety of Chinese nationals in Israel and continued to oppose the "eye for an eye'' response to violent attacks.

China appealed to Israel to exercise the utmost restraint to avoid escalating the violence, the spokeswoman added.

As its helicopters blasted Gaza early Monday, Israel also banned a Palestinian delegation from a London conference on key reforms in retaliation for the double suicide.

The Chinese Embassy in Israel urged all Chinese people to take care in the war-torn region and to stay in regular contact with the Chinese Embassy in case of emergency.

Zhao Jixian, an official with the Chinese Embassy also disclosed that the government would communicate with the Israeli National Insurance Institute about providing pensions for family members of the Chinese victims.

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