A bomb that exploded early killed two Palestinians in their car last Friday near Haifa. Apparently the Palestinians had planned to detonate the bomb in a coastal area of pubs and discos that is always crowded with Israeli youth on Friday nights, but the charge went off prematurely, Israeli police said.
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