Even as Israeli security officials in both the police and army warn that the effects of Operation Defensive Shield are wearing off, a suicide bombing was thwarted today five kilometers west of Afula by a citizen\'s alertness. He noticed a suspicious-looking Arab at a bus stop and notified the police. When the police signaled the suspect to identify himself, he panicked and detonated a bomb he was wearing on his torso. Two passersby were very lightly injured in the blast.
In another successful Israeli operation, IDF forces arrested a young Arab woman in Tul Karem this afternoon who was in the final stages of planning an attack in the Sharon region. The forces were tipped off by GSS intelligence information.
A PA Arab stabbed a pregnant woman this afternoon at the Gush Etzion junction. She was taken to a Jerusalem hospital with light wounds in her hand and shoulder, while alert civilians helped apprehend the terrorist... An Israeli citizen was lightly hurt last night when Arabs threw rocks at his car south of Jerusalem, near Husan... Gunfire was directed at an IDF patrol near the border fence; no one was hurt, and IDF soldiers returned fire...
There were several roadside shootings today, after a sharp decrease in their number following Operation Defensive Shield: Gunfire was opened on a mail truck between Shavei Shomron and Chomesh in the Shomron, causing damage to the vehicle but no injuries... Shots were also fired at a car near the Ganim-Kadim junction from within Jenin; no one was hurt...
In another successful Israeli operation, IDF forces arrested a young Arab woman in Tul Karem this afternoon who was in the final stages of planning an attack in the Sharon region. The forces were tipped off by GSS intelligence information.
A PA Arab stabbed a pregnant woman this afternoon at the Gush Etzion junction. She was taken to a Jerusalem hospital with light wounds in her hand and shoulder, while alert civilians helped apprehend the terrorist... An Israeli citizen was lightly hurt last night when Arabs threw rocks at his car south of Jerusalem, near Husan... Gunfire was directed at an IDF patrol near the border fence; no one was hurt, and IDF soldiers returned fire...
There were several roadside shootings today, after a sharp decrease in their number following Operation Defensive Shield: Gunfire was opened on a mail truck between Shavei Shomron and Chomesh in the Shomron, causing damage to the vehicle but no injuries... Shots were also fired at a car near the Ganim-Kadim junction from within Jenin; no one was hurt...