SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                           Schedule 13D

             Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                         (Amendment No. 4)*
                                
                     Electric Fuel Corporation
                          (Name of Issuer)

                   Common Stock $0.01 Par Value
                   (Title of Class of Securities)

                           284871-10-0
                          (CUSIP Number)

Steven M. Plon, Esquire, Silverman Coopersmith Hillman & Frimmer
Two Penn Center Plaza, Suite 910, Philadelphia, PA  19102, (215) 636-4482
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices 
and Communications)

                              December 19, 1996
           (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report 
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this 
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box.

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement.  (A fee 
is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on 
file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the claim
of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent 
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such 
class.)  (See Rule 13d-7.)

Note:  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed 
with the Commission.  See Rule 13d1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to 
be sent.

*The remainder of this coverage page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of 
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that action of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see 
the Notes).

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                               13D
                                              
                         



1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS
          Leon S. Gross
          S.S. No. ###-##-####


2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  

(b)                                      


3. SEC USE ONLY


4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*
      PF and 00


5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                     


6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
    United States of America

      

      NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
    3,325,962


8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
    0     



9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
    1,837,562



10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
    1,488,400 shares are subject to Margin Account Agreements. 


11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
    3,325,962 


12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES*                                                             


13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
    23.4% of issued and outstanding stock 


14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
    IN


            *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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                   AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SCHEDULE 13D


     This Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D dated February 23, 1996, as
amended by the First Amendment to Schedule 13D dated April 30, 1996, the Second 
Amendment to Schedule 13D dated September 1, 1996 and the Third Amendment to 
Schedule 13D dated October 11, 1996 (the "Existing Schedule 13D"), is being 
filed by the undersigned in accordance with Rule 13d-2(a) of the general rules 
and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 
"Exchange Act"), and amends the Existing Schedule 13D to the extent set forth 
below.  Terms defined in the Existing Schedule 13D are used herein as so 
defined.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Amend Item 3 of the Existing Schedule 13D by adding the following paragraph:

     The Shares of the Issuer purchased by Mr. Gross in a private sale were 
acquired at a cost of $1,080,000. The 90,600 Shares of the Issuer acquired by 
Mr. Gross in open market purchases since October 11, 1996 (the date of the 
filing of the most recent Amendment to his Schedule 13D) were acquired at a 
cost (excluding commissions) of $557,037.50. The funds required for all of 
the foregoing Shares purchased by Mr. Gross were provided, in part, by Mr. 
Gross's personal funds, and, in part, from funds borrowed by Mr. Gross 
through his margin accounts at the Brokerage Firms.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

The third paragraph of Items 5(a) and (b) of the Existing Schedule 13D is 
hereby amended to read as follows:

     Mr. Gross beneficially owns 3,325,962 shares of Common Stock, or 23.4% of
the Common Stock outstanding.  Mr. Gross has the sole power to vote all Shares
beneficially owned by him.  Mr. Gross has sole power to dispose of all Shares 
beneficially owned by him, except for rights as to disposition for a total of 
1,488,400 Shares granted to the Brokerage Firms under their respective Margin 
Account Agreements. To the best of Mr. Gross' knowledge, no other person has 
the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or 
proceeds of the sale of, the shares of Common Stock held by him.
 
     (c)  Listed below are the acquisitions of Shares by Mr. Gross which have 
occurred since October 11, 1996, the date of Mr. Gross's most recent Amendment 
to Schedule 13D. Other than the shares purchased on December 19, 1996, which 
were purchased pursuant to a private sale, the acquisitions were made through 
open market purchases.

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           Date                Number of Shares   Price Per Share

     November 6, 1996                          100                       $6.00
     November 13, 1996                      30,000                       $6.125
     November 25, 1996                      17,500                       $6.125
     November 26, 1996                      20,000                       $6.125
     November 27, 1996                       3,000                       $6.00
     December 6, 1996                        2,500                       $6.25
     December 9, 1996                        3,000                       $6.25
     December 12, 1996                       4,000                       $6.25
     December 17, 1996                       9,500                       $6.25
     December 18, 1996                       1,000                       $6.25
     December 19, 1996                     160,000                       $6.75
                                ________
               Total                       250,600     

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding or Relationship With Respect to 
Securities of the Issuer.

Item 6 of the Existing Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following 
paragraph:

     Since the filing of the Existing Schedule 13D, Mr. Gross has added Shares 
to the margin accounts he has with the Brokerage Firms. As of December 19, 
1996, Mr. Gross' Shares are pledged as follows:

          Brokerage Firm           Number of Shares

          Advest                            29,000
          Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette     163,500                         
          Goldman Sachs                     20,000                              
          Lehman Brothers                1,129,600               
          Prudential                       146,300                    
                                   __________
                    TOTAL                1,488,400

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SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I 
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete 
and correct.

                                        
Date 12/27/96 

                                        
/s/  Leon S. Gross





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