A Jewish boy was knifed in Hebron and a bomb exploded in Kfar Saba Thursday in a spate of terror-related incidents that observers linked to the Six-Day War anniversary (June 5).
The boy, whose family name was given as Peretz, was not badly hurt and reached Beit Hadassah, a Jewish settlement center in Hebron, by himself, carrying the knife that had been used in the attack.
The Kfar Saba bomb, too, failed to cause casualties. It was placed alongside a school bus stop, but the assailants apparently forgot that there is no school the day after Shavuot.
In East Jerusalem, a commercial strike called by nationalist Palestinian elements was partially successful. In Ramallah and El-Bireh, most stores and offices were closed, and demonstrators took to the streets brandishing PLO flags and stoning Israeli cars.
The Israeli police and security authorities braced themselves for possibly more serious trouble Friday — the actual anniversary day of the war. Among the measures taken was the arrest Wednesday night of six alleged activists in the Samaria region. They have been placed under administrative detention, reportedly for three months.
The six are reportedly leaders of Shabiba, a Fatah-linked youth movement. According to recent official figures, there are now more than two hundred persons held in administrative detention in the territories.
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