Terrorist Car Bomb Hurts 8.

Eight people were lightly wounded Monday afternoon when a pipe bomb exploded inside a parked car in the marketplace of Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv. The bomb contained a large amount of nails, designed to cause maximum injuries. Police called the bombing a terrorist attack. Witnesses said the force

Police Commander Yossi Sidbon said that the car was stolen Sunday in Jerusalem. "It was a great miracle," he said, "considering that the car bomb was placed in a crowded marketplace." The explosion left only the car's chassis intact.

The blast came a day after one Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and an Israeli doctor in an explosion at a bus stop in the town of Kfar Saba, a suburb of Tel Aviv.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon blamed the Palestinian Authority for that attack, but Palestinian officials rejected the accusation. The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday claimed responsibility for the bombing.