Israel's security bodies have uncovered a major Palestinian terrorist cell in the Hevron area responsible for the murder of five Israelis - and which had planned to murder more. Eleven people have been arrested so far, including the murderers of Rabbi Yosef and Chana Dickstein and their son Shuva'el. The cell carried out dozens of shooting attacks, and planned suicide bombings in Jerusalem, a truck run-down attack, and a bus-shooting assault.
Long-wanted Islamic Jihad leader Abdul Nasser Sawis, head of the organization in Tul Karem, was located and arrested today… IDF demolition crews last night destroyed the home of Hamas terrorist Firas Fidi, who is still at large. Fidi was guilty of dispatching the suicide bomber who murdered 19 Israelis on a bus near Jerusalem's Pat Junction this past June. He also played a role in last month's suicide bombing in the Shomron city of Ariel that left three Israeli soldiers dead… Twelve wanted terrorists were arrested over the night throughout the northern Shomron… A Palestinian rioter, engaged in rock-throwing, was wounded today by IDF fire...
Three mortar shells landed in Gush Katif communities last night; no one was hurt, and there was no damage... An IDF tractor drove over an explosive charge near the Morag greenhouses in Gush Katif. The tractor's operator was lightly wounded in the incident... PLO terrorists shot at a Jewish car north of Ofrah in Binyamin late this afternoon. No one was hurt, but the vehicle was damaged...
The IDF removed the curfew from the PLO-controlled cities of Jenin, Kalkilye, and Tul Karem this morning. It will be reinstated this evening.
Long-wanted Islamic Jihad leader Abdul Nasser Sawis, head of the organization in Tul Karem, was located and arrested today… IDF demolition crews last night destroyed the home of Hamas terrorist Firas Fidi, who is still at large. Fidi was guilty of dispatching the suicide bomber who murdered 19 Israelis on a bus near Jerusalem's Pat Junction this past June. He also played a role in last month's suicide bombing in the Shomron city of Ariel that left three Israeli soldiers dead… Twelve wanted terrorists were arrested over the night throughout the northern Shomron… A Palestinian rioter, engaged in rock-throwing, was wounded today by IDF fire...
Three mortar shells landed in Gush Katif communities last night; no one was hurt, and there was no damage... An IDF tractor drove over an explosive charge near the Morag greenhouses in Gush Katif. The tractor's operator was lightly wounded in the incident... PLO terrorists shot at a Jewish car north of Ofrah in Binyamin late this afternoon. No one was hurt, but the vehicle was damaged...
The IDF removed the curfew from the PLO-controlled cities of Jenin, Kalkilye, and Tul Karem this morning. It will be reinstated this evening.