P.A. Arabs Have Not Given Up Terror

May 19, 2002

Israel's anti-terrorism efforts continue without a break. Two Islamic Jihad would-be suicide terrorists were stopped last night - one was killed - by IDF troops in northern Ramallah. The two had planned to carry out a double-attack in Jerusalem, and one of them led the Israelis to the spot in which he had hidden his explosives vest... The IDF ended its overnight mini-offensive in Talousa, near Shechem late this morning, after arresting 17 terrorist suspects. One of them was caught with a bomb in his hand... A member of PLO leader Yasser Arafat’s personal militia, Force 17, was killed last night in undercover army operations in Bitunia, near Ramallah. A second Force 17 terrorist was shot and arrested in the same incident...

Two Israeli-Arab Bedouin were indicted this morning on charges of aiding the Palestinian terrorist who attempted a suicide bombing in Be'er Sheva last week. The Jewish employer of the terrorist, who did so illegally, was also indicted today... Three Israeli-Arabs of Um el-Fahm, between Hadera and Afula, were arrested last night when police found weapons, forged identification papers and PA militia uniforms in their home...
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