The Palestinian Authority is once again accused of using ambulances to evade IDF security checks - and possibly even for terrorist purposes.
Israeli police arrested a resident of Azariya, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, on charges that he worked for Force 17 - Arafat's personal guard unit that has been involved in much of the terrorism of the past 3.5 years. He is accused of transporting the officials, hooked up to infusions and otherwise portraying themselves as emergency medical cases, through IDF checkpoints in his ambulance. The driver would also produce forged medical documents to facilitate his passage.
It is also suspected that weapons and arms were transported in this manner. Maaleh Adumim police have found the storehouse in which commercial vehicles were turned into ambulance. Additional arrests are expected.
Israeli police arrested a resident of Azariya, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, on charges that he worked for Force 17 - Arafat's personal guard unit that has been involved in much of the terrorism of the past 3.5 years. He is accused of transporting the officials, hooked up to infusions and otherwise portraying themselves as emergency medical cases, through IDF checkpoints in his ambulance. The driver would also produce forged medical documents to facilitate his passage.
It is also suspected that weapons and arms were transported in this manner. Maaleh Adumim police have found the storehouse in which commercial vehicles were turned into ambulance. Additional arrests are expected.