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September 25, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3601471,00.html

Israeli Security Forces Uncover Eastern Jerusalem Terror Cell

[Ynet News] Efrat Weiss - The Shin Bet and Israel Police have recently uncovered an Arab terror cell operating in eastern Jerusalem that was responsible for the murder of two Border Police officers at the Lions' Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem on July 11. The cell was also planning to assassinate a Jerusalem policeman, carry out a shooting attack at the French Hill junction, kidnap a civilian or a security officer, and stage a shooting attack on a police car on the Jerusalem-Dead Sea highway. Jerusalem District Police Commander Maj.-Gen. Aharon Franco said Wednesday that there have been 250 arrests of eastern Jerusalem residents involved in terror-related activities since the beginning of 2008, a sharp increase in comparison to 2007.

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