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Israel Arrests Hamas Leader Munir Qassem
 Israeli security forces arrested a leader of the Hamas organization accused of planning terrorist attacks from the West Bank with the Islamic Jihad group. The man, identified as Munir Qassem, was a key figure in terrorist organizations in the Tulkarm area of the West Bank, according to an e-mailed Israeli government statement today. He was arrested yesterday, the statement said. ``Qassem was involved in the planning and execution of numerous shooting attacks and explosive device attacks at Israeli civilian and military targets,'' the government said, according to its statement. Posted by: .com 2005-11-01 |
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