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Israel Captures Hebrew U. Bombers

(Washington Post/Jerusalem Post) - Israeli security forces have captured a Hamas terrorist cell in east Jerusalem that carried out 8 bombings in the last 6 months, including a blast at Hebrew University on July 31 that killed 5 Americans. One of the cell's members, Mohammed Odeh, 29, who worked at the university as a painter, placed the bomb on a table in the cafeteria and detonated it using a cellular phone. The day after the attack Odeh returned to the university to paint the very building he had bombed. Fifteen members of the group were arrested just before their cell set off another bomb in central Israel. Four of the group lived in east Jerusalem and held Jerusalem identity cards, allowing them to move about Israel. "The brains, the explosive charges, almost everything moved from Ramallah to east Jerusalem," a senior security official said.
2002-08-22 00:00:00
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