The Army spokesman reported today that infiltrators believed to be members of the El Fatah commando group placed explosives under a hut near Metulla on the Israeli-Lebanese border which detonated before midnight.
The blast caused some slight damage but no casualties. Tracks of two persons were found leading toward Lebanon. Israel complained to the Israeli-Lebanese Mixed Armistice Commission.
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