IDF soldiers shot and killed a wanted Arab in the village of Bitunya near Ramallah last night. The man was a member of the Palestinian Authority security force. Troops approached the suspect and two other armed Arabs in an effort to detain them, but they began to run away. Troops then fired, killing the Arab while the others managed to escape. Army officials say that all three men were involved in attacks against soldiers in the Ramallah area.



Also last night, soldiers operating in the Casbah section of Shechem arrested a top Fatah Tanzim terrorist. Three other wanted Arabs were arrested in the area… Arabs fired a mortar shell at a Jewish community in Gaza, causing no injuries… Israelis walking in the Admat Yishai (Tel Rumeida) section of Hevron were targeted by stone-throwers last night. One of the civilians managed to fire his weapon at the Arabs forcing them to flee… IDF soldiers in the PLO-controlled Ramallah escaped injury when gunmen shot at their position last night… Arabs shot in the direction of the northern Shomron community of Sanur. There were no injuries.



Security forces are on high alert throughout the Shomron and Gaza this morning following intelligence warnings of a terror attack in the works.