Another Palestinian terrorist attack was thwarted today when IDF troops arrested an Arab in El Khader, south of Jerusalem, on his way to carry out a suicide bombing. The would-be murderer is a member of Yasser Arafat's Fatah Tanzim terror organization. In addition, five other Arabs wanted for terror activity were arrested in Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza) last night… In northern Gaza, soldiers fired tanks shells at members of a Fatah terror cell on their way to carry out an attack. Three terrorists were wounded in the incident. Other gunmen shot and hurled grenades at soldiers in the Gush Katif bloc; no injuries were reported. The GSS announced today that 26 terrorist attacks have been prevented in the past two weeks.



The IDF removed the curfews from Jenin, Tul Karem, Ramallah, and Kalkilye this morning so that the residents could stock up on food. Hevron and Shechem are still under military curfew.