JERUSALEM. Mar 2 Two Palestinians were killed today when police stormed an apartment in an Arab town near Tel Aviv which the suspects were using to stock bombs to use in terrorist attacks, police said, reports AFP.

A third Palestinian who was in the apartment was arrested in the operation in the town of Taibeh. north of Tel Aviv, police said.

A police official described the Palestinians as "terrorists but did not specify to which group they might belong.

They had rented the apart-num in central Taibeh and used it io prepare bombs they planned lo use in attacks on a big city" in Israel, police said.