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Two More Boy Bombers Nabbed in West Bank

(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - Two Palestinians, aged 14 and 15, who were paid $23 apiece to detonate a bagful of bombs near soldiers at the Jalameh crossing north of Jenin, were arrested on Wednesday. Major Yariv, a commander of the unit deployed at the crossing, said the two had been instructed to approach the soldiers and ask for a drink of water and then detonate the bombs near them. It is the 11th time since the beginning of April that terrorists have recruited teens to either smuggle weapons through the checkpoints or blow up near soldiers, security officials said. According to sources in the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), there has been a significant increase this month in attempts by terrorists in the Gaza Strip and Samaria to launch attacks. On Wednesday, 50 alerts were recorded by the security establishment. Security officials estimate that violent incidents will become more frequent as the disengagement draws closer. Also on Wednesday, several bullets hit an Israeli car east of Kalkilya, but no one was wounded. Two Kassam rockets were fired at a settlement in southern Gaza, wounding an IDF soldier. Three mortar shells were fired at an IDF post in southern Gaza.
2005-04-28 00:00:00
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