Twenty-one Israelis were killed and 238 wounded by Palestinian terrorists during the first seven months of 2005, according to figures published by the Shin Bet security service.

During more than six of these months, the Palestinian Authority and the terror organizations had declared a truce.

July was the worst month in the last year and a half - with 436 incidents, including the firing of 142 mortar shells. In July of 2004, there were 426 incidents. In February of this year, when the truce started, there were only 129.

Meanwhile, the Shin Bet has arrested three Islamic Jihad members from Jenin who were trying to build mortars and Qassam rockets. They were also involved in a plan to kidnap and kill three Israeli civilians.

The Shin Bet has also succeeded in thwarting several other terrorist projects, including an attempt by Islamic Jihad to abduct a soldier from the Gush Etzion hitchhiking station and a Fatah-Tanzim plan to carry out a suicide bombing inside the Green Line...