It was announced yesterday that an Arab resident of the Old City of Jerusalem who was arrested last month admitted to having taken part in a Hamas plot to plant a powerful bomb in either a synagogue in Jerusalem's Meah She'arim neighborhood or at the Prime Minister's Office. The detained terrorist was to both plant the bomb and detonate it via a cellular phone. He had access to various government offices, including the Prime Minister's Office, by virtue of his job as a driver for an Israeli company.
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz said today that a six-man terrorist cell planning an imminent attack had been apprehended in Gaza on Friday.
In other defense news last night and today, IDF troops arrested seven PA terror suspects in Shechem and Ramallah, as well as two wanted terrorists near Netzarim... Army forces destroyed the Bethlehem home of Islamic Jihad terrorist Taar Hassan, who was responsible for a number of terror attacks against Israeli civilian and army targets... In Gaza, IDF soldiers detected two terrorists attempting to place a bomb near Kfar Darom. The troops opened fire, and reported an apparent hit... In separate incidents, Arab gunmen fired at IDF posts near Kfar Darom, Nisanit, and along the Netzarim route; no injuries were reported... This morning, an anti-tank missile fired from Rafiach at the Jewish town of Rafiach Yam damaged a heavy-duty vehicle...
IDF soldiers uncovered a weapons and ammunitions cache in Shechem today. Among the many and varied items found in the cache were four explosive devices, four assault rifles, a mortar shell, an RPG, 5 kilograms of explosives, hundreds of bullets and several magazines. The explosive devices and the explosives were detonated in a controlled manner by the force.
Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz said today that a six-man terrorist cell planning an imminent attack had been apprehended in Gaza on Friday.
In other defense news last night and today, IDF troops arrested seven PA terror suspects in Shechem and Ramallah, as well as two wanted terrorists near Netzarim... Army forces destroyed the Bethlehem home of Islamic Jihad terrorist Taar Hassan, who was responsible for a number of terror attacks against Israeli civilian and army targets... In Gaza, IDF soldiers detected two terrorists attempting to place a bomb near Kfar Darom. The troops opened fire, and reported an apparent hit... In separate incidents, Arab gunmen fired at IDF posts near Kfar Darom, Nisanit, and along the Netzarim route; no injuries were reported... This morning, an anti-tank missile fired from Rafiach at the Jewish town of Rafiach Yam damaged a heavy-duty vehicle...
IDF soldiers uncovered a weapons and ammunitions cache in Shechem today. Among the many and varied items found in the cache were four explosive devices, four assault rifles, a mortar shell, an RPG, 5 kilograms of explosives, hundreds of bullets and several magazines. The explosive devices and the explosives were detonated in a controlled manner by the force.