TERROR PREVENTED

Islamic Jihad Planned to Fire Rockets at Afula, Attack Jerusalem School - Amos Harel, Roni Singer, and Aluf Benn (Ha'aretz)
Islamic Jihad terrorists in Jenin planned to fire rockets at the city of Afula and attack a Jerusalem school, Jibril Zubeidi, an Islamic Jihad operative and brother of Jenin Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander Zakariya Zubeidi, has told his interrogators. The Shin Bet revealed on Tuesday that Jibril Zubeidi was arrested on December 30.

IDF Destroys Massive Car Bomb Near Jenin, "Huge Disaster" Prevented - Aluf Benn and Amos Harel
A car bomb discovered by IDF troops in the West Bank on Monday parked 50 meters from the Mevo Dotan settlement, near Jenin, contained half a ton of explosives, the army said Tuesday, making it the largest bomb ever used by Palestinian militants in the past four years. The car bomb, believed to have been assembled by the Islamic Jihad cell behind Friday's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, was neutralized in a controlled explosion. Regional commander Col. Oren Avman told Army Radio, "Even an armored vehicle or bus could not withstand such a huge bomb," and that the officer who discovered it prevented "a huge disaster." (Israel Radio/Ha'aretz)