(Ynet News) Efrat Weiss - IDF troops in Bethlehem on Sunday killed a senior wanted terror suspect, Jaber Ahras. Ahras was responsible for a shooting attack at a roadblock south of Jerusalem that killed IDF soldiers Shlomi Balski and Shaul Lahav on November 18, 2003. He was also involved in the planning of rocket attacks at Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood and was responsible for initiating attacks in the Bethlehem region. Palestinian sources said Ahras headed the Popular Resistance Committee's West Bank rocket infrastructure. After IDF troops surrounded the building where Ahras was hiding, he charged at the troops firing a Kalashnikov rifle. The forces returned fire.
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