The IDF continues to press forward on various fronts throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). Arutz-7\'s Kobi Finkler reports that the Israeli offensives are taking place on four fronts: Gaza; Ramallah-Bituniya; Shechem and neighboring villages; and near Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, including Beit Jala, Dehaishe, and El Hader. Forces around Bethlehem arrested several wanted terrorists and found laboratories for the development of explosives and Kassam rockets. Israel Air Force helicopters and F-16\'s destroyed Arafat\'s office in Gaza, his residence in Shechem, PA television studios in Gaza, and other targets. A Hamas terrorist was targeted and killed in Ramallah.
Over 50 wanted terrorists gave themselves up to Israeli forces in Tul Karem over the weekend; a few days of fighting there ended with the surrender of 600 Arab men who had been trapped into another neighborhood that was already surrounded by Israeli forces. Soldiers seized much weaponry during their house-to-house searches of the areas, including ten Kassam-2 rockets in varying degrees of readiness, heavy machine guns, bombs, and two explosives laboratories. Sixteen Palestinians were killed in the Tul Karem battles, and about 200 in total since the current offensives began about a week ago. \"Although some wanted terrorists escaped in ambulances or in other ways from Tul Karem,\" Finkler reported, \"the army considers the operation to be very successful. The pictures of hundreds of captured Palestinians with their hands up were shown on Palestinian television as well. Over 400 of the prisoners have already been interrogated, and they provided important information. For instance, last night one of them revealed that an attack was planned for Netanya within an hour or so - and this, together with the presence of Border Guard forces there, prevented a much worse calamity.\"
Over 50 wanted terrorists gave themselves up to Israeli forces in Tul Karem over the weekend; a few days of fighting there ended with the surrender of 600 Arab men who had been trapped into another neighborhood that was already surrounded by Israeli forces. Soldiers seized much weaponry during their house-to-house searches of the areas, including ten Kassam-2 rockets in varying degrees of readiness, heavy machine guns, bombs, and two explosives laboratories. Sixteen Palestinians were killed in the Tul Karem battles, and about 200 in total since the current offensives began about a week ago. \"Although some wanted terrorists escaped in ambulances or in other ways from Tul Karem,\" Finkler reported, \"the army considers the operation to be very successful. The pictures of hundreds of captured Palestinians with their hands up were shown on Palestinian television as well. Over 400 of the prisoners have already been interrogated, and they provided important information. For instance, last night one of them revealed that an attack was planned for Netanya within an hour or so - and this, together with the presence of Border Guard forces there, prevented a much worse calamity.\"