[Ynet News] Ronny Sofer - A group of Fatah gunmen attempted to hit Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convoy as it made its way from Jerusalem to Jericho for a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas on Aug. 6, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin told the cabinet Sunday. The attack was thwarted by the Shin Bet and the Palestinian Intelligence Service. The plot to assassinate Olmert was originally planned for June 6, when the prime minister was first scheduled to meet with Abbas in the territories, and included five members who were involved in previous terror attacks in the West Bank.
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