Arutz-7 correspondent Haggai Huberman reported on the killing of a Palestinian terrorist leader this morning, something that was apparently unconnected to the murderous attack on eight Israelis:
\"A terrorist was killed near Tulkarm today, but the details are vague, apparently in order not to portray it as a liquidation. The army is calling it a routine mission between Shavei Shomron and Einav, where a unit lay in wait for terrorists. It detected five armed passengers driving by, and the soldiers opened fire; the five ran away to a hill from where several shooting attacks have originated, and killed one of them - who happened to be a wanted Fatah terrorist leader. My information, however, is that it wasn\'t totally coincidental, but that the army rather knew who was in the car.\"
Regarding today\'s murderous attack on the Israelis, Huberman said, \"We should note that this is the first time a terrorist act was committed in this fashion by an Arab who entered Israel with a work permit and met all the criteria. All other attacks were perpetrated by terrorists who illegally infiltrated the country. I assume that the security forces are thinking about the significance of this.\" He noted that current regulations stipulate that even during times of closure on the Palestinian-controlled territories, \"Arabs who have steady work with a steady employer, who are over age 35, who have children, and who received GSS approval, were able to enter. The assumption was that such a person, with much to lose, would not commit an attack of this nature. These regulations will apparently be re-considered.\"
An army tractor drove over a bomb near Kibbutz Be\'eri in the south today. The mine exploded, but fortunately no one was wounded. The tractor was not being used for military work at the time, but rather for civilian work.
\"A terrorist was killed near Tulkarm today, but the details are vague, apparently in order not to portray it as a liquidation. The army is calling it a routine mission between Shavei Shomron and Einav, where a unit lay in wait for terrorists. It detected five armed passengers driving by, and the soldiers opened fire; the five ran away to a hill from where several shooting attacks have originated, and killed one of them - who happened to be a wanted Fatah terrorist leader. My information, however, is that it wasn\'t totally coincidental, but that the army rather knew who was in the car.\"
Regarding today\'s murderous attack on the Israelis, Huberman said, \"We should note that this is the first time a terrorist act was committed in this fashion by an Arab who entered Israel with a work permit and met all the criteria. All other attacks were perpetrated by terrorists who illegally infiltrated the country. I assume that the security forces are thinking about the significance of this.\" He noted that current regulations stipulate that even during times of closure on the Palestinian-controlled territories, \"Arabs who have steady work with a steady employer, who are over age 35, who have children, and who received GSS approval, were able to enter. The assumption was that such a person, with much to lose, would not commit an attack of this nature. These regulations will apparently be re-considered.\"
An army tractor drove over a bomb near Kibbutz Be\'eri in the south today. The mine exploded, but fortunately no one was wounded. The tractor was not being used for military work at the time, but rather for civilian work.