And so the cycle continues.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) said the blast was caused by a bomb.
"I felt a huge blast. I am afraid to say the sight is awful," Yitzhak Rottman, a taxi driver, told Israel Radio.
Police told the radio station that "several were killed."
Yerucham Mandula, an emergency services spokesman, told Israel Radio, "There is a large number of wounded." Early reports from a nearby hospital said dozens were wounded.
The explosion happened close to Kibbutz Yagur, just east of Haifa.
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