Even as Israeli security officials in both the police and army warn that the effects of Operation Defensive Shield are wearing off, a suicide bombing was thwarted today five kilometers west of Afula by a citizen\'s alertness. He noticed a suspicious-looking Arab at a bus stop and notified the police. When the police signaled him to identify himself, he panicked and detonated the bomb. Two passersby were very lightly injured from the blast.



An Israeli citizen was lightly hurt last night when Arabs threw rocks at his car south of Jerusalem, near Husan.