IDF forces last night arrested at least 18 Arabs suspected of terrorist activity throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). In addition, IDF demolition crews leveled the homes of four Arabs who were involved in carrying out suicide bombings.



Soldiers destroyed two homes in the Shechem area including the home of the Arab who dispatched the suicide bomber in last week’s attack aboard an Egged bus at the Meiron junction that left ten Israelis dead. The second home belonged to one of the Arabs responsible for the last month’s bus bombing at the Pat junction in Jerusalem that killed 19.



Troops also destroyed two homes in the Bethlehem district. In the village of Artas, soldiers leveled the home of an Islamic Jihad gang Arab who carried out an attack near Jerusalem’s Hilton hotel last year that injured five. In addition, troops in Doha leveled the home of another Arab who carried out a suicide bombing near Jerusalem’s French Hill junction five months ago, which wounded 25.



In other war news, soldiers stationed near the community of Ganei Tal in Gaza were targeted by gunfire. Arabs also threw grenades at soldiers at the Tarmit Outpost near the Egyptian border. No injuries were reported… A soldier was moderately wounded by Arab gunfire last night in the Shechem area. He was airlifted to the hospital.