The IDF captured a wanted terrorist last night who was taking advantage of the relatively free passage granted to PA ambulances. He was disguised as a doctor, but alert soldiers at a roadblock near Brachah, just southwest of Shechem, detected and arrested him. The IDF Spokesman announced afterwards, \"Claims are often raised against holding up ambulances at checkpoints for security checks. Cases such as this prove the evident need for these checks. In addition, IDF soldiers are direct to ensure that in humanitarian cases and medical emergencies, the ambulances must be allowed to pass as fast as possible.\"



Also last night, IDF and Border Guard forces raided a number of Arab villages in Area B (under Israeli military control). Six terrorists were arrested in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, and in two other villages near Shechem and Bethlehem. The GSS has also apprehended Islamic Jihad terrorist Ahmed Kaibi - brother of the Islamic Jihad military chief in the Tul Karem area - who confessed to buying a stolen vehicle for use in a terror attack and to smuggling weapons into PA areas.



A bomb that was found last night near the fence of the Gush Katif community Tel Katifa was safely neutralized this morning... Another bomb was found near an army position in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa today. It was safely dismantled, but the sappers were targeted by gunfire in the process; soldiers returned fire... Late this afternoon, Arabs shot at a Border Guard base near Tul Karem; no one was hurt...