IDF forces continue to surround the PA headquarters building in Hevron - that which served as IDF headquarters between 1967 and 1997 - and the 15 wanted terrorists holed up inside. The commander of the forces at the site. Lt.-Col. David Blumenfeld, said that they are using electronic means to see inside the building, and combat helicopters fired around the building late this morning. Family members of the terrorists have been brought to the area to convince them to give themselves up. The commander says that unlike the previous sieges in the Church of the Nativity and the Mukata in Ramallah, no one other than the wanted terrorists are holed up inside and there is no diplomatic pressure on Israel. \"Time is on our side,\" he said today.
Over 40 wanted fugitives have been arrested during the current offensive, including five last night. One of those caught in Hevron was a senior Hizbullah terrorist; word of his arrest has been given to the U.S. Army forces were also surprised to find yesterday, among the hundreds of explosives in PA buildings, some of the type used in southern Lebanon against our forces.
Naval commando fighters arrested a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization in a cave near Shechem. He was responsible for dispatching the terrorist cell last week that murdered five people, including a mother and three children.
Over 40 wanted fugitives have been arrested during the current offensive, including five last night. One of those caught in Hevron was a senior Hizbullah terrorist; word of his arrest has been given to the U.S. Army forces were also surprised to find yesterday, among the hundreds of explosives in PA buildings, some of the type used in southern Lebanon against our forces.
Naval commando fighters arrested a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization in a cave near Shechem. He was responsible for dispatching the terrorist cell last week that murdered five people, including a mother and three children.