Tel Aviv terror alert called off
Israeli intelligence receives report about terrorist plot in Tel Aviv area; police set up and then later remove checkpoints at exits of the city
TEL AVIV -- The Tel Aviv area went on alert for two hours Saturday evening following an intelligence report of terrorists planning commit an attack.
Police and IDF units set up checkpoints at the exits of the city, causing gridlock, and a helicopter was scrambled to patrol from the skies.
Revolving Door
PA frees terror suspects
By Ali Waked
Two Islamic Jihad members detained by Palestinian Authority following attack at Tel Aviv nightclub released; two more expected to go free Saturday. Israeli officials slam PA for returning to “revolving door” approach
Due to a series of arrests in the Bethlehem and greater Jerusalem area, security managed to foil a suicide bombing designated for the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem in the beginning of June.
The Stage bombing
Security services arrested five senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), responsible for the February suicide bombing at the Tel Aviv nightclub The Stage. Five Israelis were killed in the attack.
The Shin Bet, IDF, police and undercover unit of the Border Police all had a role in the arrest.
The captured terrorists admitted during interrogation that they had twice tried to infiltrate suicide bombers from the northern West Bank into Israel. Following the arrests, a search of Beit Hanina, a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem, turned up knapsacks filled with explosives.
Nevertheless, the Palestinian Authority recently released from jail two PIJ terrorists connected with The Stage bombing.
פורסם לראשונה 11/06/2005 22:02
Target: Tel Aviv
צילום: עודד סלע
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