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On February 28 , the train was mined north of Rehovot , killing 28 soldiers and wounding 35. One or more bombs laid on the track were detonated from a nearby orange grove.

On March 31 , the train was mined near Benyamina, a Jewish settlement in the neighborhood of Caesarea , killing 40 persons and wounding 60. The casualties were all civilians, mostly Arabs. Although there were some soldiers on the train, none were injured.