On January 15th, 2008, an IDF force arrested Ibrahim Sayid Ibrahim Salem, 23, a senior wanted PFLP operative, who resides in the Balata neighborhood in Shechem. The news was under a gag order until now.
The IDF Spokesman said that during his interrogation, Salem admitted to being involved in numerous shooting attacks, and to activating explosive devices and a car bomb against IDF forces in Shechem, in Samaria, in October 2006.
Salem also confirmed that he was involved in a shooting attack against IDF forces on September 18th, 2007 during which an IDF soldier, Staff Sergeant Ben-Zion Haneman, was killed. Several additional senior wanted PFLP operatives took part in the attack, among them: Jad Hamidan and Majdi Mabruk, who was recently arrested. Salem also revealed that he, along with other PFLP operatives, was involved in the production of explosives at a hidden location in the Ein Beit Ilma neighborhood.