Israel thwarts two human bomb attacks

Jerusalem Post:

The Haruv Battalion together with Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operatives caught two Palestinian terrorists in the Nablus area on Sunday, who were armed with an explosives belt and apparently on their way to perpetrate a suicide attack inside Israel.

The men were taken for questioning and the belt was detonated.

The would-be bombers were caught inside a Palestinian cab just outside of Nablus in the area of the Shavei Shomron settlement.

The IDF estimated that the terrorists were affiliated with Fatah and the PFLP movements.

The IDF said that Palestinian terrorist groups in the West Bank were working in conjunction with Hizbullah in an effort to carry out attacks in Israel while the IDF was fighting in Lebanon.

The terror attack was foiled following a heightened state of alert in the central area after a warning was received that the terrorists had infiltrated from the West Bank.

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This is just the latest example of attempted human bomb attacks in recent weeks. They aren't exploding because they are being caught or stopped by the border fence. The border fence is forcing Israel's enemies to use more ineffective rocket attacks.

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