Security sources tell us that Ali Salahat, head of Tanzim infrastructure in Bethlehem, was arrested yesterday. The Tanzim organization's infrastructure, lead by Salahat, was involved in many terror attacks and attempted attacks:
A shooting attack at the Tunnel Road checkpoint on November 2003, in which two Israeli soldiers were killed: Sgt. First Class Shlomi Belski and Stf. Sgt. Shaul Lahav;
A shooting attack on January 15, 2002, in which Avi Boaz was murdered in the area of Beit Jala;
A shooting attack on March 2, 2002, in which an Israeli police officer, Moshe Dayan, was killed near the Marsaba Monastery, east of Bethlehem;
An attempt to launch rockets at the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Gilo and Har Homa;
Shooting attacks and detonation of an explosive device at the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Gilo and Har Homa;
The infrastructure had command over many terror cells and was responsible for the manufacturing of explosive belts and other bombs. The arrest of Ali Salahat follows arrest operations of all senior Tanzim members in Bethlehem in recent months, including the following:
Ra'ad Abiat, a senior member of the Tanzim organization in Bethlehem, killed by IDF forces on April 3, 2006, after identified as being armed;
Gavar Ahres, a senior member of the Tanzim organization in Bethlehem, killed on April 9, 2006, after shooting at an IDF force during an ttempt to arrest him;
Arafat Abu Sha'irah, a senior member of the Tanzim organization in Bethlehem, arrested on April 23, 2006;
Daniel Hamama, one of the Tanzim organization's most wanted men in Bethlehem, killed on April 23, 2006, from exchanges of fire with IDF forces.
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