Two Palestinians, including a senior local leader, were killed Monday night in an explosion in a car in the West Bank city of Nablus, according to Palestinian medics.
One of the Palestinians killed was Khalil Marshud, 24, the commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus.
Israel Radio reported that a third person was also traveling in the car at the time of the blast and he was also killed. The explosion was caused by a rocket fired from an Israeli helicopter.
Meanwhile, a 48-year-old Palestinian man from Jerusalem has admitted, during questioning by Israel's secret security agency (Shin Bet), that he planned to carry out a bombing attack inside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Jerusalem office, the Israeli press reported.
Hussam Nablusi, who drove a mail truck and was employed by an Israeli company, had a permit to drive his vehicle into various government compounds, including the Prime Minister's Office, Haartez said.
Under questioning, Nablusi said he had planned to hide the bomb among the printed materials he was due to deliver. He told investigators that he planned to detonate the bomb using a mobile phone rigged to work as a remote control once he was 200 meters away. (Albawaba.com)
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