Special undercover forces succeeded in preventing a suicide bomber from blowing up himself - and many others - inside Israel early this morning. They raided the village of Baka el-Sharkiye, on the northwestern corner of the Shomron, and made several arrests. As these were going on, a terrorist wearing an explosives-filled vest approached them and detonated the bomb. Two soldiers were hurt, including one in moderate condition. The dead terrorist was apparently on the mission about which the security forces were alerted and for which they placed the Hadera area in high security alert yesterday.



IDF forces were attacked with gunshots and grenades this morning near Tul Karem, Erez, and on the Israeli-Egyptian border. No one was hurt.