Palestinian Authority Arabs hurled a firebomb at Israelis driving through Samaria Tuesday evening. No one was hurt and the vehicle was not damaged.

The attack occurred near the village of Marada, southwest of the PA-controlled city of Shechem, also known in the region as "terrorist central." The US Army-trained PA police were deployed first in Shechem as a test of their mettle as well as a way to prove their ability to control law and order in the PA territories.