With the help of GSS-supplied intelligence, the Israel Air Force bombed the vehicle of A'id Bashiti and Ali Nashar last night. The IDF reported that the dead occupants were not only wanted for their roles in previous murderous attacks, but were also on their way to another attack when they were killed. Secondary explosions that followed the attack indicated the presence of explosives in the vehicle.
In 1994, Bashiti took part in the murder of two Jews in Ramle. In August '94, elevator technicians Shlomo Kapach, 22, of Holon and Gil Revah, 21, of Bat Yam were murdered by Arab terrorists at a Ramle building site. Eight months earlier, on Dec. 31, '93, Chaim Weizman and David Bizi were found dead in a Ramle apartment; ID cards of two Gaza residents were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of a Popular Front terrorist cell.
Bashiti also took part in attacks against soldiers and citizens in Gaza, including the attack at the Termit outpost in 2001 (4 soldiers wounded), a tunnel attack at the Herdon outpost in 2003, and another attack in which five soldiers were killed.
Elsewhere in Gaza yesterday, in a second air attack in Rafah, an armed terrorist was killed and another one was wounded. In addition, two Hamas terrorists were killed in an IDF ground force operation in Khan Yunis, near the former Jewish town of N'vei Dekalim.
Also yesterday (Tuesday), Israel's Border Guard forces arrested Mahmoud Damra - a Force 17 terrorist commander who has been wanted for six years for terrorist activities. The arrest took place at at the Bir Zeit crossing, north of Ramallah.
Damra planned and coordinated many shooting attacks, including one in eastern Jerusalem in 2000 in which Esh Kodesh Gilmore, an American-Israeli citizen, was murdered. Several weeks later, he masterminded the ambush shooting attack outside Ofrah that resulted in the deaths of Binyamin and Talia Kahane, leaving their six children orphans.
In 1994, Bashiti took part in the murder of two Jews in Ramle. In August '94, elevator technicians Shlomo Kapach, 22, of Holon and Gil Revah, 21, of Bat Yam were murdered by Arab terrorists at a Ramle building site. Eight months earlier, on Dec. 31, '93, Chaim Weizman and David Bizi were found dead in a Ramle apartment; ID cards of two Gaza residents were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of a Popular Front terrorist cell.
Bashiti also took part in attacks against soldiers and citizens in Gaza, including the attack at the Termit outpost in 2001 (4 soldiers wounded), a tunnel attack at the Herdon outpost in 2003, and another attack in which five soldiers were killed.
Elsewhere in Gaza yesterday, in a second air attack in Rafah, an armed terrorist was killed and another one was wounded. In addition, two Hamas terrorists were killed in an IDF ground force operation in Khan Yunis, near the former Jewish town of N'vei Dekalim.
Also yesterday (Tuesday), Israel's Border Guard forces arrested Mahmoud Damra - a Force 17 terrorist commander who has been wanted for six years for terrorist activities. The arrest took place at at the Bir Zeit crossing, north of Ramallah.
Damra planned and coordinated many shooting attacks, including one in eastern Jerusalem in 2000 in which Esh Kodesh Gilmore, an American-Israeli citizen, was murdered. Several weeks later, he masterminded the ambush shooting attack outside Ofrah that resulted in the deaths of Binyamin and Talia Kahane, leaving their six children orphans.