The two suicide bombers who struck in Ashdod on Sunday are believed to have reached the port by hiding in a cargo container. Israel’s Shin Bet security service has been working overtime to determine how the Palestinian teenagers managed to slip out of the fenced-in Gaza Strip and reach Ashdod, 10 miles away, for a double attack that killed 10 Israelis.
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