A suicide bomber blew himself up by a bus near Tel Aviv today after Israeli passengers stopped him boarding, killing a woman and wounding five people, Israeli police and hospital sources said.
In a separate incident, Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the southern Gaza Strip early on Thursday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
The suicide bomber attack took place on the highway between Ramat Gan and Bnei Brek, two towns east of Israel's commercial capital, Tel Aviv.
"It was a suicide bombing. A suicide bomber tried to get on the bus, the driver noticed him and the passengers pushed him out, and then he blew himself up," a police spokesman said.
"We suddenly saw a wall of fire. We felt the blast and saw some people injured," said Mr Aharaon, a witness.
The attack took place after days of violence in the Gaza Strip following an Israeli tank and helicopter raid on Monday in which 16 people were killed.