An Israeli soldier was injured yesterday in an exchange of fire with El Fatah marauders near the Damiya bridge. The El Fatah band opened fire with bazookas, a military spokesman said. An explosion damaged a small bridge on the Raffah-Khan Yunis road in the southern Gaza strip yesterday. The Nablus labor exchange office was damaged by explosives detonated on the building’s staircase. There were no casualties in either incident. A number of home-made bazooka shells with self-firing devices were discovered near Arad, north of Beersheba, yesterday. An investigation is under way.
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