A makeshift rocket launcher filled with explosive charges directed at the Israel Embassy here was discovered yesterday by Belgian police. The malfunctioning of the device prevented an explosion. Israeli sources here said the launcher, which consisted of two tubes 16 inches long and four inches in diameter linked by electric wires to a battery, was aimed at the Embassy building from a wall across the road.
(In Israel, security circles suggested that the terrorist attempt was made by the notorious Wadia Haddad gang which has been behind many of the terrorist activities in Europe. They discounted this attempt as having been made by the Palestine Liberation Organization, noting that the PLO has been refraining from terrorist acts outside Israel.)
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