Israel's security minister AviDichter, however, accused the Palestinians of fomenting violence and "trying to drag us to a situation where there will be dead children".
Israeli Civil Defence Minister AviDichter told Israel's Army Radio that he could not say anything about the reported blast "beyond what I heard in the media".
According to cabinet insiders, it was the director of the Shin Bet security service, AviDichter, who persuaded Mr Sharon and Mr Ben-Eliezer to give their go-ahead for the fence.