THE LADIES OF PALESTINE

Two would-be female suicide bombers arrested
IDF troops Wednesday evening arrested a Palestinian female teenager in the West Bank village of Assira e-Shamaliya near Nablus. The 16-year-old had planned to carry out a suicide attack in Israel in the near future. She was recruited by a senior Tanzim operative in the Nablus area, Army Radio reported.

Since Rosh Hashana, security officials have arrested 11 Palestinian female suicide bombers, who had intention to carry out suicide attacks in Israel. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl was arrested by security forces in the al-Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem . Islam al-Alawim, a member of Fatah's al-Aksa Martyrs' Brigades, lately expressed willingness to carry out a suicide bombing attack in Israel, Israel Radio reported. The girl was arrested following intelligence information received by security services.