GAZA, May 28 (UPI) -- One or two militants were killed Friday when they tried to attack an Israeli bus heading towards the border crossing with Egypt.
The commander of the southern brigade in the Gaza Strip, Col. Pinhas "Pinki" Zuarets, said a jeep laden with bombs tried to cut through the fields to the road to the terminal. At the time, a bus carrying some 40 border employees was on its way to the terminal.
A militant fired a Kalachnikov assault rifle at the armor plated bus. The racing white jeep hit an earthen mound and exploded, Zuarets said.
The driver of the jeep was identified as Mohamed Abu Jamoos, 22, of Rafah.
Two soldiers in a jeep that accompanied the bus were slightly injured when their vehicle collided with the bus, the army spokesman said.
The Israelis closed the border terminal. It was unclear whether it will reopen Saturday, Anat Mor, a spokeswoman for the Airports Authority. which runs the terminal, said. In recent days humanitarian supplies have been crossing, she told UPI.
Three Palestinian militant groups -- Fatah, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committee of the Intifada -- jointly claimed responsibility for the attack in a leaflet.
