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Samira Abdullah, 45, the mother of the 16-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber Amar al-Far, from Askar near Nablus, who blew up Monday at the Carmel Market, has slammed the PFLP terrorists who recruited and sent her son to carry out a terror attack.

Samira Abdullah told reporters that those who recruited and dispatched her son made a mistake "in taking advantage of someone too young to understand the meaning of his actions." The bomber's father, Abed al-Rahim, told reporters that his son woke him up early in the morning and asked him for two shekels before leaving home.

"Two shekels, that's what boys ask for — it's not money for men," he said. "He kissed me on the cheek and hand and left, and I went back to sleep."

The PFLP bomber was only 16 years old, one of the youngest Palestinian suicide bombers, and his parents lashed out at the terrorists who recruited him. Security forces operating in the Nablus area overnight Monday destroyed al-Far's home.

The homes of al-Far's dispatchers - Hashem Abed Arafa Hananin and Hashem Ahmed Assad Kabi - both members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were demolished in Beit Furik and Rujib. The two men remain at large.

Frustrated by Israeli security measures that have greatly reduced their effectiveness, terrorist groups have turned to using teenagers and women to transport explosives and carry out attacks, hoping they would raise less suspicion at the dozens of Israeli checkpoints designed to capture bombers.

Al-Far's mother Samira added that she has still not received any official verification that her son was indeed the Carmel Market bomber.

Meanwhile, Israel Defense Forces units have closed off Nablus following fresh intelligence reports of terrorist activities in the large West Bank city. Israeli security officials said Nablus continues to be the hub of Palestinian terror activity in the West Bank.

The army has sealed off all entrances and exits to the city and is controlling all traffic into and out of the area. Soldiers have received orders not to allow anybody to enter or exit the city while investigations into Monday's bombing in Tel Aviv's Carmel Market are ongoing. A gag order has been placed on details of the investigation.

Police beefed up security in the Tel Aviv region following Monday's suicide bombing in the Carmel Market in which three people were killed and more than 35 wounded.

The victims were identified as Shmuel Levy, 65, of Jaffa; Leah Levine, 64, of Givatayim; and Tatiana Ackerman, 32, of Tel Aviv. Shmuel Levy was laid to rest at 1 p.m. in the Yarkon cemetery. Leah Levine was buried at 2 p.m. in the Yarkon cemetery.

Fourteen of the wounded remain in Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, six of them with serious injuries and the rest with moderate-to-light wounds, a hospital spokeswoman said.

In the Wolfson Hospital in Holon five people remain hospitalized with only one in moderate condition. The remaining four suffered light injuries.

The 16-year-old suicide bomber entered Israel from the West Bank Monday morning, turned away from his intended target in Jerusalem, and finally detonated his bomb in the crowded market in central Tel Aviv.

It was the first suicide attack since September and raised the specter of increased violence in the wake of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's illness.

Security forces on Monday arrested some 48 Palestinians workers who entered Israel illegally, part of efforts to capture Far's dispatcher. Most of the arrested were interrogated and later sent back to the West Bank