On the Hussan bypass road, near Beitar Illit, a very powerful bomb was discovered and safely detonated this morning. It contained a 120-mm mortar shell. Two mortar shells were fired at the Rafiach Crossing in southern Gaza in a pre-dawn attack this morning. There were no injuries.



An Islamic Jihad terrorist was killed early this afternoon in an explosion at his place of work in Bethlehem. PLO sources say that the man probably suffered a \"work accident\" in the course of preparing explosives. They say they are continuing to check, however, whether he had been targeted by Israel.