(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The Shin Bet security services and the IDF announced Tuesday the arrest of 16 Palestinians from Bethlehem who planned a series of large-scale terror attacks in Jerusalem that included sending two pairs of suicide bombers to the Mea She'arim neighborhood, an attack using an explosive-laden ambulance, and an attack on a bus carrying worshippers to Rachel's Tomb near Bethlehem. Some of those arrested, including the would-be suicide bombers, served in the Palestinian national security services. The cells received instructions from Palestinian militant leaders in Gaza.
2004-11-03 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive