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Hamas Planned Attack on Sharon's Motorcade


(Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew) Efrat Weiss and Felix Frisch - The Shin Bet has announced the arrest of Omar Sharif, who assisted the homicide bomber who blew up a bus in Jerusalem on June 11, killing 17 people. Sharif, 19, from the northern Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Hanina, said he had been recruited by Hamas leaders in Hebron, who asked him to gather information about the prime minister's office and about the movements of Prime Minister Sharon. Security sources say Hamas had planned to attack the prime minister's motorcade.
2003-08-05 00:00:00
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