The battles continued in Ramallah this morning as the IDF made its last house-to-house efforts to uproot the terrorist infrastructure from the city. Seven Arabs were killed since last night, including three security-force members. During the night, the IDF was about to conquer a building complex in which many senior terrorist leaders were hiding, including many with much Jewish blood on their hands. The buildings are in Arafat\'s compound - the only area in Ramallah that was not overtaken by Israeli forces. At the last minute, however, much to the relief of the terrorist leaders, Prime Minister Sharon adopted Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer\'s position and canceled the action.



IDF forces also operated last night in south Bethlehem, deepening and broadening their grip on the territory. The IDF Spokesman emphasized that the IDF\'s operation was intended to detect and strike the terror infrastructure in Bethlehem.



A resident of Nachliel, between Ramallah and Modiin, was stabbed and seriously wounded last night by terrorists. The Arabs knocked on the door of a caravan, waited for the door to be opened, burst through, and stabbed the man. The woman who opened the door said that the terrorists were teen-agers and appeared scared, and that they ran out after attacking her husband. His condition was originally considered serious, but has since improved somewhat.



Arab terrorists fired at an Israeli car this morning in eastern Jerusalem, and hit two Arabs by mistake. The two were wounded and taken for medical treatment.



Israeli security forces are on high alert in the Carmel, Sharon, and Jezreel Valley areas in light of terrorist warnings. Many checkpoints have been erected in the areas.



In the past month, another 1,500 former soldiers volunteered for reserve duty along the Green Line. This brings the total to 3,000.