IDF soldiers carrying out routine inspections on cars at the Tapuach junction in the Shomron yesterday afternoon uncovered an explosives belt hidden among boxes in an Arab-driven vehicle. The two men in the car were taken into custody. The belt, laced with steel nails, contained eight kilograms of explosives. Several hours later, a would-be suicide bomber and his dispatcher were arrested in the Shechem district. Officials believe there may be a link between these two terrorists and the men arrested at Tapuach.
IDF troops are well into their second week of activities in the terrorist-infested PA-controlled city of Jenin in the Shomron. Demolition crews destroyed last night two homes belonging to Arabs with blood on their hands. One of the houses belonged to a Hamas killer who murdered a soldier in a Jordan valley shooting attack this past March. The second house belonged to the Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who blew up in Binyamina in July 2001, killing two Israelis.
It was released for publication today that the GSS had uncovered, near the Shomron village of Salfit, a Fatah terrorist infrastructure whose members perpetrated several deadly shooting attacks in which four Israeli were murdered this past summer. The cell's victims include the brothers Mordechai and Shlomo Odesser on July 30, and Avi Vilansky and his wife Avital near Eli six days later; the couple's two young sons were wounded. The security forces have arrested ten terrorists of the cell, including the four murderers themselves.
Hizbullah fired two mortar shells at northern communities late this morning. No damage was recorded in the attack, which occurred on the western sector of the border.
IDF troops are well into their second week of activities in the terrorist-infested PA-controlled city of Jenin in the Shomron. Demolition crews destroyed last night two homes belonging to Arabs with blood on their hands. One of the houses belonged to a Hamas killer who murdered a soldier in a Jordan valley shooting attack this past March. The second house belonged to the Islamic Jihad suicide bomber who blew up in Binyamina in July 2001, killing two Israelis.
It was released for publication today that the GSS had uncovered, near the Shomron village of Salfit, a Fatah terrorist infrastructure whose members perpetrated several deadly shooting attacks in which four Israeli were murdered this past summer. The cell's victims include the brothers Mordechai and Shlomo Odesser on July 30, and Avi Vilansky and his wife Avital near Eli six days later; the couple's two young sons were wounded. The security forces have arrested ten terrorists of the cell, including the four murderers themselves.
Hizbullah fired two mortar shells at northern communities late this morning. No damage was recorded in the attack, which occurred on the western sector of the border.