A suicide bombing attack was prevented at the Erez Crossing in northern Gaza early this morning. An alert female soldier - 20-year-old Michal Eliyahu of Jerusalem - suspected one particular Arab, among the thousands who pass through daily, because he "looked at me strangely. I had never seen him before, and he looked at me with raised eyebrows, and then tried to avoid my gaze." Michal called him over for an extra check, but he tried to ignore her. He finally came over, and when she saw that his entry pass had expired three years ago, she called over her commander. Within seconds, he stood the terrorist against a wall, trained his weapon on him, and told him to remove his shirt. The terrorist at that point admitted that he had "something" - an explosive device - in his pants. The explosive was later safely detonated, and the would-be mass-murderer was taken into custody. Defense Minister Mofaz said that while the terrorists have not been successful of late, their motivation to perpetrate attacks has not decreased.
A Kassam rocket landed in an open area of the Erez Industrial Park in northern Gaza during the night... Palestinian terrorists fired at Israeli soldiers near the southern Gaza community of Netzer Hazani this morning... IDF troops operating in Judea and Samaria during the night arrested 38 PA residents suspected of terrorist activities... The IDF opened the Kalkilye Tunnel today, an underground passage enabling access to a number of Arab villages. PA residents will be permitted free travel via the tunnel, with no inspection points along the route. The multi-million shekel project allows the Jewish community of Alfei Menashe to be included on the "Israeli" side of the counter-terrorism separation fence...
Seven hundred hunger-striking terrorists imprisoned in Israel have joined the increasing number of terrorists who have decided to end their protest. Their hunger strike began two weeks ago, but over the course of the last week, many have abandoned the effort. Prison officials say they did not give in to any of the prisoners' demands, which included personal computers, leniencies in regulations governing visitors, an end to practices and policies accompanying prisoner-counts, no isolation or collective punishment, and more. Click here for a more complete list. Some 1,400 prisoners nationwide are still taking part in the strike.
A Kassam rocket landed in an open area of the Erez Industrial Park in northern Gaza during the night... Palestinian terrorists fired at Israeli soldiers near the southern Gaza community of Netzer Hazani this morning... IDF troops operating in Judea and Samaria during the night arrested 38 PA residents suspected of terrorist activities... The IDF opened the Kalkilye Tunnel today, an underground passage enabling access to a number of Arab villages. PA residents will be permitted free travel via the tunnel, with no inspection points along the route. The multi-million shekel project allows the Jewish community of Alfei Menashe to be included on the "Israeli" side of the counter-terrorism separation fence...
Seven hundred hunger-striking terrorists imprisoned in Israel have joined the increasing number of terrorists who have decided to end their protest. Their hunger strike began two weeks ago, but over the course of the last week, many have abandoned the effort. Prison officials say they did not give in to any of the prisoners' demands, which included personal computers, leniencies in regulations governing visitors, an end to practices and policies accompanying prisoner-counts, no isolation or collective punishment, and more. Click here for a more complete list. Some 1,400 prisoners nationwide are still taking part in the strike.