Police today are investigating an explosion which went off yesterday afternoon at a small synagogue in the Tel Aviv suburb of Tel Kabir which slightly injured three persons. Several elderly men and some boys were in the synagogue when the bomb, estimated to contain 100 grams of explosive charge, detonated. Damage was minor. The synagogue in a wooden hut is named after Eli Cohen, the Israeli spy who was hanged in Damascus shortly before the start of the Six Day War. It belongs to the Bulgarian Jewish community. Several Arabs were detained for questioning.
In Jerusalem this afternoon, a police sapper dismantled a bomb found near the Ministry of Education building. The bomb was made up of a small quantity of explosives, a battery and wristwatch. On Friday night bazooka shells and small arms were fired from Lebanon at an Israeli patrol near Zarit and at the border town itself. There were no casualties or damage.
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