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A suicide bomber attacked a bus station in southern Israel Sunday, critically injuring two Israeli security guards. Hours later, Israel approved a border security deal with Egypt to facilitate a complete Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip.
     A Palestinian suicide bomber tried to board a bus at the central station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba during morning rush hour at the start of the work week. But he aroused the suspicion of the bus driver. Police say security guards chased the bomber, and he blew himself up.
     "I saw a terrible ball of fire right in front of my eyes," eyewitness Nissim Vaknin told Israel Radio.
     The explosion could have caused mass casualties, had the bomber succeeded in boarding the bus.
     The attack came less than a week after Israel completed its evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip.