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Published: 10/07/08, 8:07 AM

IDF Nabs Tanzim Fugitive in Downtown Ramallah

 
by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) Special IDF forces disguised as Arabs arrested a terrorist on the seventh floor of a building in downtown Ramallah, the heart of the Palestinian Authority, late Monday night.

 

Rafa Ahmed Hassan al-Auna was wanted for shooting attacks on IDF security troops.

 

According to YeshaNews, al-Auna is a member of the Tanzim terrorist organization headed by Marwan Barghouti who is one of the most popular politicians on the PA street. Barghouti is serving five life sentences for numerous terrorist murders of Israeli civilians.

 

In other security news, IDF soldiers arrested 19 PA Arab men accused of terrorist activity throughout Judea and Samaria late Monday night as well.  The suspects were turned over to security services personnel for questioning.

 

Eight of the detainees were arrested in Samaria, five around the city of Kalkilya, two in the city of Tulkarm and one was caught south of the city of Shechem.

 

Ten other suspects were caught in Judea; six were arrested near Bethlehem and four were nabbed in Hevron.



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