Tawfiq Tirawi and other leading PA General Intelligence figures appear to be afraid of something. They have recently transferred their offices from Ramallah to an undisclosed location. A PA source told Itim News Agency that they fear Israel\'s \"long arm,\" following Friday night\'s Israeli attack on the PA Intelligence Headquarters in Jericho. Tirawi and others have also stopped answering their own phones, and make sure to periodically change their cell-phone numbers.
A top Islamic Jihad terrorist leader, Ahmed Khalil Ismail, 35, was shot dead near Bethlehem yesterday. Arab witnesses said Israeli special forces had fired more than 20 bullets at Ismail. Israel denied any knowledge of the killing.
An IDF reserve force arrested three armed Palestinians yesterday who were on their way to execute a terrorist act. The terrorists were arrested while driving near Shavei Shomron, and in their custody were found five cocked weapons.
The Jerusalem police arrested eight Arabs suspected of rioting on the Temple Mount this past Friday.
Four residents of the central Shomron Jewish community of Tapuach were arrested on Friday on suspicion of reckless behavior in the neighboring Arab village of Yasif, and their custody was extended today for two days. The story began on Thursday when a bomb was discovered in Tapuach farmland. Its controlled explosion caused only damage, but no casualties. The bomb was traced to the nearby Arab village of Yasif, and several Tapuach residents retaliated against the village on Friday by causing property damage. At that point, a mob of Yasif residents came out and began to march on Tapuach; the army was called in and arrested the four Jews mentioned above. Yasif marauders were not arrested.
A top Islamic Jihad terrorist leader, Ahmed Khalil Ismail, 35, was shot dead near Bethlehem yesterday. Arab witnesses said Israeli special forces had fired more than 20 bullets at Ismail. Israel denied any knowledge of the killing.
An IDF reserve force arrested three armed Palestinians yesterday who were on their way to execute a terrorist act. The terrorists were arrested while driving near Shavei Shomron, and in their custody were found five cocked weapons.
The Jerusalem police arrested eight Arabs suspected of rioting on the Temple Mount this past Friday.
Four residents of the central Shomron Jewish community of Tapuach were arrested on Friday on suspicion of reckless behavior in the neighboring Arab village of Yasif, and their custody was extended today for two days. The story began on Thursday when a bomb was discovered in Tapuach farmland. Its controlled explosion caused only damage, but no casualties. The bomb was traced to the nearby Arab village of Yasif, and several Tapuach residents retaliated against the village on Friday by causing property damage. At that point, a mob of Yasif residents came out and began to march on Tapuach; the army was called in and arrested the four Jews mentioned above. Yasif marauders were not arrested.