BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening. It was the beginning of the sabbath weekend, and countless young Israelis were out to enjoy a Friday night. The mood shattered though when a suicide bomber wandered into the crowd and blew himself up. The result was carnage: 17 dead, at least 86 injured. That blast hit outside a popular nightclub on the shores of the Mediterranean in the city of Tel Aviv. CNN's Rula Amin tonight with more.</s>GIDEION MEIR, ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY: He was responsible for not arresting those people who are perpetrating this kind of violence. He has to show us that he's making a hundred percent effort to stop this violence. And this effort he's not making right now.</s>AMIN: Following U.S. mediation to bring an end to the violence, Mr. Sharon declared a unilateral cease-fire. Palestinians have charged that Mr. Sharon has not stopped his attacks against Palestinians, and his cease-fire is just a ploy. Israeli officials say they may need to reconsider their position now.</s>YOSSI GAL, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE: The primary responsibility of the Israeli government is to bring security to its citizens, and this is what this government is going to do.</s>AMIN: Mr. Sharon's inner cabinet will meet Saturday morning to consider what measures to take next. Rula Amin, CNN, Jerusalem.
Suicide Bomber Kills 17 in Tel Aviv