Tense quiet reigns in Israel today, as the battle of nerves between Palestinian terrorists and Israeli security forces continues. The police and army are on constant alert, both offensive and defensive, as intelligence warnings of possible impending attacks stream in. At the entrances to northern Jerusalem this morning, traffic was backed up for several kilometers as police carefully checked every incoming car for explosives. A tire blowout on a bus in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem, caused a brief but significant tumult.
IDF tanks and troops entered the ancient Jewish town of Hevron - where a large Arab majority currently outnumbers the several hundred Jewish pioneer residents - early this morning in pursuit of Arab terrorist suspects. Four were arrested, including members of Islamic Jihad and Hamas, and the troops pulled out of the city a few hours later. Police operating in Kalkilye yesterday apprehended the Fatah-Tanzim chief of the PLO-controlled village Azoun, as well as other terrorists in the region today.
IDF tanks and troops entered the ancient Jewish town of Hevron - where a large Arab majority currently outnumbers the several hundred Jewish pioneer residents - early this morning in pursuit of Arab terrorist suspects. Four were arrested, including members of Islamic Jihad and Hamas, and the troops pulled out of the city a few hours later. Police operating in Kalkilye yesterday apprehended the Fatah-Tanzim chief of the PLO-controlled village Azoun, as well as other terrorists in the region today.