 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. |