Monday, June 20, 2005

CEASEFIRE PALESTINIAN STYLE

Terrorist Released as Goodwill Gesture Re-Arrested - Planned Suicide Attack Inside Israel (Jerusalem Post/Israel Defense Forces)
An IDF force uncovered an Islamic Jihad explosives laboratory containing 50 kg. of explosives in Jenin Friday night. Rami Muhammed Hassan Kandil, 21, one of the 900 Palestinian security prisoners recently released by Israel in a goodwill gesture to the PA, was arrested in the operation. Kandil had planned to carry out a suicide terror attack inside Israel.

Palestinian Terrorists Kill Israeli Motorist in West Bank - Amos Harel
Palestinian gunmen near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm opened fire on a car carrying two Israelis in a drive-by ambush on Monday, killing Yvgeny Reider, the 30-year-old driver, and lightly wounding his passenger, 16. (Ha'aretz)

Palestinians Kill IDF Soldier, Wound 2 in Gaza Attack - Amos Harel
Palestinian gunmen firing anti-tank missiles and small arms killed Sergeant Major Avi Karuchi, 25, and wounded two other soldiers Sunday in attacks on the Philadelphi Route in the southern Gaza Strip. Soldiers returned fire, killing one of the attackers. Recent weeks have seen an average of 50-80 attacks a week in the Gaza Strip, as opposed to an average of 10-15 in February. Encouraged by its headquarters in Damascus, Islamic Jihad is ignoring the period of calm and various Fatah factions are following suit. Coordination with the Palestinian security forces is very limited. Last week, Israel demanded that the Palestinians post additional policemen opposite the Philadelphi Route and in the area of Khan Yunis, but the Palestinians have been slow to respond and the situation in the area is deteriorating. (Ha'aretz)

IDF Nabs Female Suicide Bomber at Gaza Crossing; Military Intelligence Head: PA "Doing Nothing" Against Terrorism - Amos Harel and Gidon Alon
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Monday caught a female would-be suicide bomber at the entrance to the Erez border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. The woman, who was wearing an explosives belt under her clothing, has a permit to enter Israel for medical treatment. Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, the Head of the Military Intelligence Research Division, Brig.-Gen. Yosef Kuperwasser, said the Palestinian Authority "excels at doing nothing in the fight against terrorism." (Ha'aretz)

Palestinian Teen Nabbed at Checkpoint with Five Bombs - Ali Waked
IDF soldiers arrested Khalil Mohammed Hashash, 16, on Sunday trying to smuggle five pipe bombs across the Hawara checkpoint near the city of Nablus. Over the past three months the IDF has thwarted 21 attempts to smuggle explosives into Israel where the suspects have been under age 18. (Ynet News)

IDF Foils Kfar Darom Attack - Margot Dudkevitch
An Islamic Jihad gunman was killed and a Fatah Al-Aksa Brigades gunman was wounded by IDF gunfire while attempting to launch an attack in Kfar Darom in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. (Jerusalem Post)

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