Palestinian terrorists shot at five Israeli vehicles last night, but succeeded in wounding only one person - a resident of Ramot travelling along the new Givat Ze\'ev-Atarot highway. This morning, fire was opened at an Israeli bus near Shavei Shomron; the bus was damaged, but no one was hurt. Terrorists also shot at an IDF position south of Shechem. Intensive shooting was directed for several hours at Psagot last night, and Israeli tanks responded with four pin-pointed mortar shells towards the source of the fire in nearby El Bireh.
Heavy fire this afternoon near Tulkarm, and the army is bringing in tanks. Residents of Bat Hefer, just west of Tulkarm, say that this is the heaviest fighting seen there. To the east, the road to Avnei Hefetz and other western-Shomron communities was closed for most of the day because of roadside bombs placed there by Palestinian terrorists. IDF sappers safely detonated the bombs.
Arabs shot at an Israeli car this afternoon along the Anatot-Adumim road; no one was hurt. An Israeli woman was hurt when large rocks were thrown at her car near the Gitai junction in the Shomron.
The security forces now feel that the murderers of the Kahane couple were three Palestinian para-military policemen. Evidence of some 60 bullets shot by Kalachnikov rifles - the guns carried by Palestinian police - was found on the scene. The army is now checking whether the specific rifles used were among those distributed to the PA by Israel several years ago. Several suspects from the nearby village have been arrested. The three policemen - who are rumored to have been caught by Israeli forces - were agents of the PA’s Marwan Bargouti, who “does nothing without approval from Arafat,” according to a senior army officer.
Heavy fire this afternoon near Tulkarm, and the army is bringing in tanks. Residents of Bat Hefer, just west of Tulkarm, say that this is the heaviest fighting seen there. To the east, the road to Avnei Hefetz and other western-Shomron communities was closed for most of the day because of roadside bombs placed there by Palestinian terrorists. IDF sappers safely detonated the bombs.
Arabs shot at an Israeli car this afternoon along the Anatot-Adumim road; no one was hurt. An Israeli woman was hurt when large rocks were thrown at her car near the Gitai junction in the Shomron.
The security forces now feel that the murderers of the Kahane couple were three Palestinian para-military policemen. Evidence of some 60 bullets shot by Kalachnikov rifles - the guns carried by Palestinian police - was found on the scene. The army is now checking whether the specific rifles used were among those distributed to the PA by Israel several years ago. Several suspects from the nearby village have been arrested. The three policemen - who are rumored to have been caught by Israeli forces - were agents of the PA’s Marwan Bargouti, who “does nothing without approval from Arafat,” according to a senior army officer.