News Brief
5/29/2007, Sivan 12, 5767
IDF Releases Information on Captured Shechem Terrorists
The IDF has released information on the terrorists arrested overnight in Shechem.
“Jamal Abdel Hamid Mohammad Tirawi, 41, is a senior Tanzim terrorist in [Shechem], one of the heads of Palestinian General Intelligence in [Shechem] and a member of the Fatah Legislative Council. Tirawi is involved in directing and dispatching terrorists for attacks, including the suicide bomber who exploded himself at the Bialik Café in Tel Aviv in March 2002, killing an Israeli woman and injuring 29 others. Additionally, Tirawi recruited operatives for Tanzim, dealt in weaponry and supplied arms to Tanzim cells in [Shechem].
“Rabiah Farid Mousah Abu Lil, 25, a member of Tirawi's cell, is involved in shooting and bombing attacks. He is suspected of involvement in the killing of an IDF officer in late May 2005 during an operation in Balata and in the shooting attack near the Israeli community of Migdalim in January 2005 in which two soldiers were killed and another was injured.
“Najeh Salim Atiah Abu Shahin, 35, is involved in directing and executing attacks against Israelis, including the previously mentioned attack near Migdalim.
“Faras Mohammad Hassan Rian, 24, is involved in shooting and bombing attacks, including a shooting attack in which an IDF soldier was wounded during an operation in Balata.”