Terror Cell in PA "Custody" Was Planning New Attacks in Israel

[Ynet News] Efrat Weiss - Israeli defense officials said that Tanzim leader Ibrahim Masyami, killed by security forces in Nablus on Wednesday, was part of a cell that planned to carry out a terror attack in Israel in the coming days. Three other gunmen were wounded in the arrest raid. The men were to have been under the custody of the Palestinian Authority but were apparently allowed to move freely within Nablus. Several of the men had escaped from the Nablus prison in January and were then given residence at an apartment maintained by the PA.


2008-02-28 01:00:00

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