Wednesday 12 January 2005, 12:16 Makka Time, 9:16 GMT
An Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded following an explosion at the border with Egypt, near an illegal settlement in the Gaza Strip.
Military sources say that the attack was aimed at a check point guarding the entrancetoMorag.
They also theorize that the bomb might have been placed in a tunnel.
The Islamic Jihad resistence movement, in claiming responsability for this attack, said that a bomb was placed in an Israeli military vehicle.
Palestinian witnesses said the bomb wounded a dozen soldiers around the vehicle.
Il Romanaccio at 1:46 PM