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Netanyahu: IDF Retains the Right to Operate in Area A

20 April, 2016   |   8 years ago

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet on Wednesday that “the IDF reserves the option of entering Area A and anywhere else that operational needs demand,” according to a statement from the prime minister’s office, which added that “no other agreement with the Palestinians has been made.”

Under the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Area A refers to territory under full Palestinian civil and security control. Following the wave of Palestinian suicide bombings against Israelis in the early 2000’s, however, the IDF reentered Area A and continues to conduct periodic counter-terror raids in the territory.

The cabinet also unanimously approved a multi-year IDF plan through the year 2020. “The plan will allow for acquiring advanced weapons techonology and building strength alongside increasing efficiency,” the statement said.

5 Arabs Sentenced to Prison for Attacking and Harassing Jews in Jerusalem

20 April, 2016   |   8 years ago

Five Arabs received prison sentences on Wednesday morning at the Jerusalem District Court, for harassing, attacking and wounding Jews on the Armon Hanatsiv promenade in Jerusalem.

Two minors were sentenced to 40 months in prison and another minor received 16 months. Ahmed Ghazawi was sentenced to 20 months, and Ibrahim Ghazawi received an 18 month sentence.

A sixth defendant confessed several days ago and will be sentenced on May 30.

Shin Bet Arrests “Jewish Terror Cell” that Attacked Palestinians

20 April, 2016   |   8 years ago

The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) released for publication on Wednesday that it has arrested what it called a “Jewish terror cell”, including at least six members who carried out attacks against Palestinians.

The attacks include a November 2015 incident in which firebombs were thrown into a Palestinian family’s home in the village of al-Mazraa al-Qabaliya. The firebomb hit a window and did not penetrate into the building. “Death to Arabs” and “revenge” was sprayed in Hebrew graffiti on the exterior walls.

According to the Shin Bet, the cell also committed an attack in the village of Beitillu during December 2015. Smoke bombs were thrown into a house as a family slept inside. Hebrew graffiti, including the word “revenge”, was sprayed on its exterior walls. No one was injured in the incident.

Israel Demolishes Home of Terrorist Who Killed an Israeli Woman

20 April, 2016   |   8 years ago

IDF, border police and Civil Administration forces demolished a terrorist’s home in Qalandiya overnight. The terrorist, Hussein Abu Ghosh, committed a stabbing attack in January in Beit Horon, near Jerusalem, killing 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman and wounding another woman.

The troops who demolished the house were attacked by local Palestinians. Rocks, firebombs and cinder blocks were hurled at the forces, as well as a home-made explosive device that lightly wounded two soldiers. They were evacuated to Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

Court Issues Gag Order Over Investigation of Bus Terror Bombing in Jerusalem

19 April, 2016   |   8 years ago

The Jerusalem Magistrates Court accepted a request by the police and issued a gag order over all the investigation details in the Monday terror bombing on a Jerusalem bus.

The order also prohibits the publication of details that may identify the suspected terrorists, and is valid for thirty days until May 19.

 

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