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December 24, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1103602489600&p=1078397702269

IDF: Significant Decline in 2004 Terror

(Jerusalem Post)Nina Gilbert - The number of terror attacks and terror fatalities dropped significantly in 2004, when only six suicide bombings were carried out within Israel and eight in the territories, an IDF Intelligence Branch official informed the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. A total of 116 people - 73 civilians and 43 security personnel - have been killed in Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets in 2004, 55 of them in suicide attacks. In addition, the number of attempted suicide bombings has declined by 50%. Security forces have this year foiled 114 planned suicide bombings and apprehended 92 potential suicide bombers, 52 of them affiliated with Fatah, now the lead terror group, with most from the Nablus and Jenin areas.

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