Israeli forces beefed up security in urban centers and on the highways after two weekend bomb blasts that police blamed on Arab terrorists. A 53-year-old Israeli man lost his hands and was blinded in one eye when a suspicious-looking package he was inspecting blew up in a park near Afula’s central bus station. Five Palestinians were lightly wounded by a bomb blast in eastern Jerusalem, which Palestinian officials said was the work of Jewish settlers.
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