June, 30 2003
Statistics Counter-Terrorism Activities
Between June 1st and June 27th 2003, 76 terrorists were arrested
throughout the West Bank and Gaza. In addition, nine terrorists
were killed in the course of operations by Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) personnel.
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Those arrested included:
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Ali Abidat from Bethlehem, a Tanzim operative,
who took part in a shooting attack in which three Israeli
civilians were killed and two others wounded (June 1)
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Tarik Salah, a Tanzim operative and the
head of a terrorist cell that carried out a number of drive-by
shootings in the Ramallah district in which a number of
Israeli civilians were murdered (June 11)
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Issa Battat - the Head of Islamic Jihad
in Bethlehem, responsible for many terrorist attacks in
the Jerusalem area (June 15)
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Ismail Hamadan, a Tanzim operative from
Bethlehem involved in dozens of shooting attacks in which
a number of Israeli civilians were murdered (June 15)
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Ahmed Dahiri, the Head of Islamic Jihad
in the Jenin area (June 15)
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Yasser Hamdouni and Ali Hamarshe from Yaabed,
who carried out a shooting attack in their village on June
12, in which an Israeli was killed.
As a result of the above arrests, 14 terrorist
attacks were foiled.
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Seven Hamas operatives were killed in the course
of IDF counter-terrorism operations, six in Gaza and the seventh
- Abdullah Qawasmeh - the Head of the Hamas infrastructure in
Hebron, who was responsible for the execution of a number of
suicide bombings.
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In two cases - in Netzarim (June 9) and Bat
Hefer (June 14), attempts to infiltrate Jewish communities were
interdicted. In total, 5 terrorist attacks were foiled by IDF
deployment in the field.
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In seven cases, arms and explosives were found,
including a pipe bomb weighing ten kilograms in the Um-Safah
forest northwest of Ramallah (June 13), two explosive belts
in Faroun (June 14), an explosive charge weighing 15 kilograms
in a cave north of the village Inabous (June 16) and three pipe
bombs were discovered in the course of making an arrest in Ramallah
(June 16). Six terrorist attacks were thus foiled as a result
of the discovery of the arms and explosives.
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During the aforementioned period, at least 25
terrorist attacks were foiled.
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The numerous incidents of the last weekend (28-30
June) are not included in these statistics. By comparison, 58
arrests were made during May and 27 terrorist attacks were foiled.
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