Wednesday, March 26, 2008
You may remember a series of posts back in September concerning the best efforts of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM -- Rachel Corrie's outfit) to block IDF operations in Ein Beit Ilma (see related posts at bottom). The IDF has just announced that they finally caught up with another of the terrorists they were trying to capture back then: IDF nabbed wanted Palestinian involved in soldier's death
Cleared for publication: Ibrahim Salem, who was involved in clash with troops in Nablus that left one soldier dead, detained two months ago
An elite unit arrested wanted Palestinian terrorist Ibrahim Salem in a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet two months ago.
Salem was involved in a shootout with IDF forces in the West Bank town of Nablus in September 2007 in which First Sergeant Major Ben-Zion Henman was killed.
The 23-year-old Salem admitted to being involved in numerous shooting attacks and explosive device attacks on IDF troops in the Nablus area. He also confessed to complicity in a car bombing directed at forces in Nablus in October 2006.
A force belonging to the Duvdevan Unit detained Salem on January 15th, but the story was only cleared for publication Tuesday evening.
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The September 2007 clash involved several other terrorists, including some wanted Popular Front members. One of them has been detained by security forces recently. Salem revealed that he and other terrorists were involved in the production of explosive materials at a refugee camp hideout...
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