TEL AVIV, Nov. 1 -- Signaling that the departure of ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat would not diminish violent attacks, a militant group that said it carried out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv Monday warned Palestinian leaders not to give up the armed struggle against Israel.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) asserted responsibility for the blast in a congested marketplace in which three people and the bomber were killed and 32 wounded. The group issued a communique threatening "anyone who lets himself be seduced into talking about ending the resistance and haggling over the national legitimate rights and principles of our people."