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IDF Video Warns Soldiers, Civilians Of Abduction Threat
2013-03-05
[Ynet] Fearing kidnapping attempts by terror groups, military issues video warning against hitchhiking in West Bank. IDF says 20 terror cells plotting abductions nabbed in 2012

A new IDF campaign strives to warn Israeli teenagers living in the West Bank against the perils of hitchhiking due to a disconcerting rise in the threat level in the area.

Schools and youth movements are screening the video, which shows a boy boarding an unfamiliar car and then kidnapped at knife-point.

According to the IDF, since the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, intelligence has indicated growing determination among the Gaza-based terror groups to abduct Israelis. According to the defense establishment, more than 20 cells plotting such attempts were nabbed in 2012.
A little confusing, that -- did the Gazans plan to execute kidnappings in the West Bank?
The IDF released a similar campaign directed at soldiers in early 2012.
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