Army forces in Kalkilye blew up the home last night of the terrorist who murdered three yeshiva students in the Shomron community of Itamar last year. On May 28, 2002, a lone terrorist entered the yeshiva high school complex near the basketball court, five minutes after a group of students had ended their game and gone to their rooms. He began walking and shooting through the complex, then entered some of the dormitory caravans while continuing to fire - yet managed to murder "only" three youths: Avi Siton, 18, of Shilo; Netanel Reichani, 17, of Kokhav Yaakov; and Gilad Shtieglitz, 15, of Yakir. Two students were seriously wounded. The yeshiva's guard, a middle-aged new immigrant from the former Soviet Union, rushed to the scene and shot the terrorist dead.
The IDF's anti-terror actions continue, and early this morning a Paratroopers Brigade force apprehended two leading terrorists in Tul Karem. The two, Mahmoud Klaibi and Fahid Sawalha, Islamic Jihad members in the Shomron, are responsible for many attacks on both sides of the Green Line. Their hiding place - which the army later blew up - was found to contain a lab for the preparation of human-bomb explosives vests, as well as an M-16 rifle and a gun. Five other wanted terrorists were caught near Shechem, and another one in Hevron.
The IDF's anti-terror actions continue, and early this morning a Paratroopers Brigade force apprehended two leading terrorists in Tul Karem. The two, Mahmoud Klaibi and Fahid Sawalha, Islamic Jihad members in the Shomron, are responsible for many attacks on both sides of the Green Line. Their hiding place - which the army later blew up - was found to contain a lab for the preparation of human-bomb explosives vests, as well as an M-16 rifle and a gun. Five other wanted terrorists were caught near Shechem, and another one in Hevron.