A powerful bomb was found this morning near the Tunnels Highway just south of Jerusalem. Security experts say it was waiting to be picked up by a terrorist for use in a major attack in Jerusalem. The ten kilograms of explosives were hidden inside fire extinguishers.
A suicide terrorist on his way to a mass attack in or near Afula blew himself up prematurely yesterday evening, killing only himself and injuring the driver whose car he commandeered. The terrorist, standing at a gas station in the Israeli-Arab town of Um el-Fahm, just north of the Shomron, forced himself into the car of an Israeli-Arab from Nazareth, but seconds later his explosives belt partially detonated. The driver, who was not connected with the terrorist, was evacuated to a hospital, and sappers were called in to destroy the remaining explosives.
In another averted attack yesterday, soldiers approached four suspicious Arabs near the Shomron community of Tzufim, just northeast of Kfar Saba. The soldiers' suspicions were on target; the Arabs immediately fled towards Kalkilye, leaving behind a bag containing five AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol, ammunition and grenades. In a similar incident in the south today, a terrorist was spotted on the Aravah Highway; he threw away his bag and ran away. Weapons were found inside the car he abandoned, a large-scale search was undertaken, and the area was placed on high alert.
Israel Air Force helicopters pinpointed and destroyed a weapons manufacturing lathe in Gaza last night. Four Arabs were wounded in the strike... Two wanted terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops today near Jenin… Three wanted terrorists were arrested near the Rafiach crossing in southern Gaza... Arabs launched a mortar shell at a Gush Katif community this morning; no one was hurt... An Israeli motorist escaped injuries last night when Arabs shot at his vehicle between N'vei Tzuf and Ateret, in Binyamin... No one was hurt when Arabs detonated a bomb alongside an IDF vehicle in PLO-controlled Tul Karem last night.
A suicide terrorist on his way to a mass attack in or near Afula blew himself up prematurely yesterday evening, killing only himself and injuring the driver whose car he commandeered. The terrorist, standing at a gas station in the Israeli-Arab town of Um el-Fahm, just north of the Shomron, forced himself into the car of an Israeli-Arab from Nazareth, but seconds later his explosives belt partially detonated. The driver, who was not connected with the terrorist, was evacuated to a hospital, and sappers were called in to destroy the remaining explosives.
In another averted attack yesterday, soldiers approached four suspicious Arabs near the Shomron community of Tzufim, just northeast of Kfar Saba. The soldiers' suspicions were on target; the Arabs immediately fled towards Kalkilye, leaving behind a bag containing five AK-47 assault rifles, a pistol, ammunition and grenades. In a similar incident in the south today, a terrorist was spotted on the Aravah Highway; he threw away his bag and ran away. Weapons were found inside the car he abandoned, a large-scale search was undertaken, and the area was placed on high alert.
Israel Air Force helicopters pinpointed and destroyed a weapons manufacturing lathe in Gaza last night. Four Arabs were wounded in the strike... Two wanted terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops today near Jenin… Three wanted terrorists were arrested near the Rafiach crossing in southern Gaza... Arabs launched a mortar shell at a Gush Katif community this morning; no one was hurt... An Israeli motorist escaped injuries last night when Arabs shot at his vehicle between N'vei Tzuf and Ateret, in Binyamin... No one was hurt when Arabs detonated a bomb alongside an IDF vehicle in PLO-controlled Tul Karem last night.