IDF Foils Suicide Bombing

(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch- Khaled Shashtari, 21, a member of the Fatah Tanzim, confessed to investigators that he headed to the Hawara roadblock near Nablus wearing an explosives belt, but was deterred by the large presence of IDF forces in the area due to terror warnings and opted to return home. He was arrested on July 27, according to information released by the Shin Bet on Monday. Shashtari said he was recruited by his brother Ahmed Shashtari, 20, to perpetrate the attack. Ahmed was arrested on July 28 after relatives informed authorities.


2004-08-10 00:00:00

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