Two Paratroopers Brigade soldiers were killed last night in a battle with terrorists outside Shechem. Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh of Maccabim-Reut, and St.-Sgt. Idan Suzin of Kiryat Tivon, both 21, were killed when terrorists attacked a building under IDF control atop Shechem shortly before midnight. The guard was killed first, and Lt. Ben-Aryeh was mortally wounded in the ensuing battle with the other soldiers. Two other soldiers were wounded, one "moderately," and the two terrorists were killed. The IDF says that the soldiers' alertness prevented the terrorists from carrying out their plan of killing the entire outpost force. The two fallen soldiers will be buried this afternoon.



IDF troops uncovered an explosives lab in an Arab village northwest of Hevron last night. Materials for the manufacture of bombs were found in the lab, which was hidden in a cave. The troops arrested seven suspects in the village.