The operation, carried out by tens of police officers, uncovered hundreds of unlicensed handguns and two mortars – capable of firing mortar shells similar to those being fired upon the Jewish communities in Gaza and the western Negev District Commander Brigadier General Dani Hadad told Israel Radio.
Border Police arrested two PA Arabs, residents of Kfar Idna, stealing ammunition from an IDF base near Beit Guvrin. The Arabs had bullets and shells they had stolen on their person.
IDF Special Forces killed known arms dealer Wa'el Riyahi in the Balata slums of Shechem. Soldiers shot Riyahi after he refused to pull over, continued driving after his tires were shot, aimed a gun at a group of soldiers and slammed his car into an IDF jeep.
Also Monday, PM Ariel Sharon revealed that Gaza terror groups possess shoulder-held surface-to-air missiles. He told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that farmers near Gaza, but within Israel’s pre-1967 borders are afraid to fly crop-dusting planes due to the new threat. He warned that Israel would respond “harshly” to such rocket attacks, but did not specify how he plans to prevent them.
Border Police arrested two PA Arabs, residents of Kfar Idna, stealing ammunition from an IDF base near Beit Guvrin. The Arabs had bullets and shells they had stolen on their person.
IDF Special Forces killed known arms dealer Wa'el Riyahi in the Balata slums of Shechem. Soldiers shot Riyahi after he refused to pull over, continued driving after his tires were shot, aimed a gun at a group of soldiers and slammed his car into an IDF jeep.
Also Monday, PM Ariel Sharon revealed that Gaza terror groups possess shoulder-held surface-to-air missiles. He told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that farmers near Gaza, but within Israel’s pre-1967 borders are afraid to fly crop-dusting planes due to the new threat. He warned that Israel would respond “harshly” to such rocket attacks, but did not specify how he plans to prevent them.