A suicide bombing in Beersheba was prevented when Israeli security officials arrested a suspected Palestinian terrorist and the man suspected of driving the bomber, according to the Jerusalem Post. Security officials had been on high alert following intelligence reports that a suicide bomber was about to strike somewhere in Beersheba.
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