A large-scale suicide attack in the Tel Aviv district averted. A Palestinian terrorist carrying a powerful explosive caught Tuesday on the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. A nationwide alert in force across Israel has been lifted and all highways blocked for several hours have reopened to traffic.
The Shin Beit had intelligence of several vehicles carrying Palestinian suicide bombers from the northern West Bank via Jerusalem to the Tel Aviv area. One was caught in a GMC carrying 10 Palestinians near Shalavim near Latrun on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. A powerful bomb and other weapons found in the vehicle indicating a combined attack was planned. They surrendered when surrounded by police and IDF commandos. The Shin Beit reports 70 active terrorist threats, 10 of them specific. |