Wednesday, March 12, 2008
This is not surprising. Arab terror groups turned Bethlehem into a hub of terror activity and planning, knowing that any steps the Israelis pursued (including building the security fence) would come back to rebound on the Jewish State in the public relations realm -- with dutiful members of the press and anti-Zionist Christian groups providing the complimentary publicity.
Report: IDF kills mastermind of Jerusalem terror attack
Bethlehem sources say IDF forces operating in town kill Muhammad Shahade, Islamic Jihad operative believed to be responsible for attack on Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem; three other militants killed in raid
Muhammad Shahade, an Islamic Jihad operative who Palestinian sources say was behind the terror attack in Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem last week, has been killed by IDF forces in Bethlehem Wednesday afternoon, local witnesses reported.
According to reports, another three militants have been killed in the raid, one of them an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member.
Military sources said that the four men were responsible for a series of terror attacks against Israel in the years 2000-2001, but did not attribute the Jerusalem attack to Shahade.
Shahade, a former Fatah member and an Islamic Jihad operative, has been known to have extensive ties with Hizbullah...
Update: Sources in Israel say they doubt this guy was involved in the Jerusalem attack (as also noted in the article). Regardless, PIJ clearly has a serious presence there.
