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Groundbreaking surgery to regrow part of a human bone was carried out on Tuesday at HaEmek Hospital in the northern Israeli town of Afula. Danny, a resident of a nearby kibbutz who had part of his shinbone removed eight months ago after a car accident, was treated in the procedure, which was hailed by medical staff as “science fiction.” During the surgery, the first of its kind in the world, doctors took fat cells from the patient, grew them in a lab and injected them back into his body for them to generate the missing parts of the bone, the...

Majority of Israelis Under Fire as Afula and Nazareth Hit 00:24 Jul 17, '06 / 21 Tammuz 5766 by Ezra HaLevi Missiles landed in Afula, Upper Nazareth and the environs shortly before midnight Sunday. A majority of Israelis spent the night under threat of missile attack as Tel Aviv prepares for the worst. From 11 PM until shortly before midnight missiles fell in the communities surrounding Afula and the Jezreel Valley, including Upper Nazareth, Migdal Ha'emek and Givat Ela - the farthest south the missiles have yet reached at 31 miles from the northern border. Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah's television...

Yisrael Jarmon of Eli, driving to Jerusalem Thursday morning, was ambushed and shot at repeatedly by terrorists - and emerged without a scratch.The well-planned terrorist attack occurred at around 10:00 this morning. Yisrael was on his way to Jerusalem, about a half-kilometer [north of] Ofrah, when two Arabs standing on the side of the road attacked his car. One threw a large rock, forcing him to slow down, while the other one opened fire. "I continued to drive, even as they fired at me," he said, "and miraculously made it safely to Ofrah." Yoav Finkel of Ofrah, who arrived...

A 15-year old Palestinian was apprehended Tuesday on his way to executing a suicide bombing in Afula, Army sources disclosed Thursday evening. Following intelligence received by the Shin Bet, the IDF and the police, three other Palestinians from the village Yamoun in the Jenin region were also apprehended for having planned the attack and assisting to transport the 7 KG suicide belt. On Wednesday, security forces retrieved the 7-kilogram bomb in the village Dir Hana in the Galilee. Details released by the Shin Bet last night revealed that on Tuesday, in a combined operation carried out by Israel Police and...

Bus blows up near Afula; at least 20 casualties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerusalem Post Internet Staff Jun. 5, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge bomb went off near a bus Wednesday morning in the area of Afula and at least 20 casualties were reported. Police said they suspect that a car booby-trapped with explosives detonated next to a bus as it traveled on the Wadi Ara Road, near Megiddo Junction, and that there were many casualties. The bus, on route 830, had left from Tel Aviv early this morning and was destined for Tiberias. Many soldiers were believed to be on board, an official...