PREMATURE EXPLODIATION

Car bomb foiled
A Palestinian car bomber blew up in the West Bank before reaching his target. Only the driver was killed in Wednesday’s blast near the checkpoint of Baka al-Gharbiya. The Al-Aksa Brigade, the terrorist wing of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attempted attack. It was not immediately clear if the car bomb was intended for the checkpoint or a target in Israel proper.