Second Israeli dies after being wounded in Jerusalem blasts

An Israeli man died Saturday from wounds he sustained in twin blasts that hit Jerusalem earlier this week, bringing the number of dead to two from the explosions which Israeli police blamed on Palestinians. Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem announced that Tadesse Teshome Ben Madeh had died. He was critically wounded in one of the blasts at the city's bus stops. "The trauma and intensive care teams of Shaare Zedek fought for his life, but unfortunately his injury was very fatal," the hospital said. The first explosion occurred Wednesday near a typically crowded bus stop on the edge of the city. The second went off about half an hour later in Ramot, a settlement in the city's north. One of the blasts immediately killed Aryeh Schupak, 15, a dual Israeli-Canadian national who was heading to a Jewish seminary when the blast went off. The blasts also wounded about 17 Israelis. While Palestinians have carried out stabbings, car rammings and shootings in recent years, bombing attacks ha