TRACTORS CLEARING AREA; POLICE AND ENGINEERS INSPECTING DAMAGE; DAMAGED FENCE AND PIPELINE; SECURITY FORCES IN AREA.




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Background: ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES AND POLICE WERE TODAY (2 OCTOBER) INVESTIGATING THE SABOTAGING LAST NIGHT OF AN OIL PIPELINE IN THE HADERA AREA.

AN EXPLOSION RIPPED THE PIPELINE, WHICH LEADS TO A NEARBY FACTORY, SETTING FIRE TO THE OIL AND CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. EXTINGUISHING OPERATIONS WERE MOUNTED IMMEDIATELY AND THE FIRE WAS SOON UNDER CONTROL.

POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES WERE RUSHED TO THE AREA AND ENGINEERS BEGAN PREPARATORY WORK TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.

THE EILAT-HAIFA OIL PIPELINE WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN AN EXPLOSION THE SAME NIGHT AS THE ONE AT HADERA, BUT REPAIRS WERE MADE QUICKLY AND OIL LOSS WAS MINIMAL.