Eleven kibbutz members, all believed to be settlers from Argentina, were injured today when a hand grenade was thrown by a young Arab into a passenger truck in the marketplace of Hebron, an Israeli military spokesman said. Hebron, 21 miles south of Jerusalem, is a popular tourist spot which features the Cave of Machpelah where Abraham. Sarah, Isaac, Rebeccah, Jacob and Leah are buried.
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