The high alert at IDF checkpoints throughout Judea, Samaria, and Gaza and the Green Line proved timely today, when a suspicious car was detected and stopped before its occupants had a chance to perpetrate an attack. The soldiers manning the Maccabim Checkpoint on Highway 443 near Modiin had been warned about this particular vehicle, and when it in fact arrived, the soldiers signaled the driver to stop. He did not do so, and the soldiers opened fire, wounding both occupants. A Border Guard policeman was also lightly hurt by the shots. On February 27, a female suicide bomber wounded three policemen in an attack at the same checkpoint. Tanzim head Marwan Barghouti yesterday called for Palestinians to attack IDF checkpoints throughout Yesha.
The intelligence community continues to issue \"hot warnings\" of increased terrorist activities throughout Israel. The Gush Dan-Tel Aviv region remains on heightened alert today as police set up checkpoints at entrances to Tel Aviv from Judea and Samaria. Other cities, including Hadera, Afula and Jerusalem, are on heightened alert as well.
The intelligence community continues to issue \"hot warnings\" of increased terrorist activities throughout Israel. The Gush Dan-Tel Aviv region remains on heightened alert today as police set up checkpoints at entrances to Tel Aviv from Judea and Samaria. Other cities, including Hadera, Afula and Jerusalem, are on heightened alert as well.