Today\'s third attack did not cost any lives, yet came painfully close. Shortly after 1 PM, a suicide terrorist bomber detonated a car bomb while stopped at a traffic light at the Beit Lid Junction near the coastal city of Netanya. Police report that a significant portion of the explosive, including two mortar shells, failed to detonate. It is possible that the flashing lights of a Prison Service car in back of him caused the terrorist to panic and detonate the bomb prematurely. Several nearby cars and a bus empty of passengers went up in flames as a result of the blast. A total of 12 persons were injured, including one moderately.
HaSharon District Police Chief Yaakov Franko said that the terrorist who killed himself at Beit Lid arrived from the Tul Karem area, despite the reinforced police units guarding the area. \"The abilities of the police and Border Guard units here have been stretched almost to their limit,\" he said. Northern Police Chief Yaakov Borovsky said that despite the shortage in police manpower, their presence is a deterrent - \"but it is not sufficient.\"
HaSharon District Police Chief Yaakov Franko said that the terrorist who killed himself at Beit Lid arrived from the Tul Karem area, despite the reinforced police units guarding the area. \"The abilities of the police and Border Guard units here have been stretched almost to their limit,\" he said. Northern Police Chief Yaakov Borovsky said that despite the shortage in police manpower, their presence is a deterrent - \"but it is not sufficient.\"