JERUSALEM (JTA) — A bomb detonated near an Israeli military patrol near the border fence with Gaza.
The powerful bomb was exposed Monday morning by a military bulldozer doing work near the fence. No soldiers were injured in the explosion.
It was the second time in four days that a bomb planted near the border fence has detonated near soldiers on patrol.
The bulldozer and troops returned to the area to search for more buried bombs.
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