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65 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv when it stopped at the Karkur junction, about 8 kilometers from Hadera at the afternoon rush hour.

A passenger got on and spoke to driver Chaim Avraham, but before he could answer, a jeep loaded with an estimated 100 kilograms of TNT rammed the back of the bus, causing an explosion.

A fire broke out, causing a chain of explosions from the ammunition carried by soldiers who were riding the bus.

The blaze initially prevented the police and rescue workers from approaching the bus, which was reduced to a blackened skeleton.