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Speaking of yesterday's suicide bombing in Netanya: There are some reasons, why in general, there are so "few" (relatively spoken) Israelis killed by palestinian terrorists. The first reason is probably the IDF's weakening of terror gangs by targeting their leaders, the second is having first class intelligence available. Another reason are people like this security guard, who prevented yesterday's terrorist from getting inside the shopping mall and killing many more people: Yesterday’s bomber hit a shopping centre in Netanya, a seaside city at Israel’s narrowest point, nine miles from the West Bank, a frequent target of bombers. It was the third time the centre has been struck. Police and security guards spotted the bomber, who was carrying a black bag and wearing a heavy sweatshirt, outside the building and grew suspicious. A security guard pushed the bomber away from a crowd of people waiting to get in, and the man blew himself up. The security guard was among the dead. “If the bomber had got in, the result would have been much worse,” said Israel’s police chief, Moshe Karadi. There is nothing to add. english / Mideast