It was announced last night that Hizbullah is engaged in a campaign to kidnap Israelis. Using the services of an Israeli-Arab named Keis Obeid, the terror organization entices Israelis to go abroad with the promise of a money-making venture, and then tries to abduct them. Gonen Segev, who served as an Israeli government minister under Yitzchak Rabin - his was one of two key votes that helped pass the original Oslo Accords - was almost abducted by Hizbullah nearly a year ago. The organization has been holding Israeli businessman Elchanan Tenenbaum since kidnapping him in Europe 20 months ago.
Hizbullah fired yet another heavy barrage of mortar shells over Israel\'s northern border today. Shrapnel hit one of the Israeli towns in northeastern Galilee. Israeli officials have long been aware of Hizbullah\'s desire to provoke Israel into a major military response, but Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said today that the terrorists would not succeed.