A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop at the entrance to the Arab town of Umm el-Fahm in northern Israel today.
The bomber detonated the device as police approached him.
Mr Avi Zohar, head of the Israeli ambulance service, told public television that around four other people were injured, two seriously.
One witness told army radio the bomber was blown to pieces.
"We were sitting in a restaurant and suddenly heard a huge explosion. Another boy was hurt, the body of the man was completely destroyed. We were about 20 metres from the blast," said the witness, identified only by his first name, Mohammed.
It was not clear if the bus stop was the target of the attack or whether he was trying to board a bus heading further into Israel from Umm El-Fahm, close to the border with the West Bank.
It was the first time since August 4th that a suicide bomber has blown himself up inside Israel, although several have been caught trying to enter the Jewish state.
AFP