Seven Suicide Bombing Attempts in 6 Weeks
Charles Johnson
Tue Oct 9, 2007 at 9:28 am PDT • Views: 263
Coming from Nablus, in the West Bank, home of “moderate” terrorist leader Mahmoud Abbas, our “partner in peace:” 7 suicide bombings foiled during holidays.
The security forces thwarted seven suicide bombings in Israel in the last month-and-a-half, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin told the cabinet Sunday. Diskin said that the ongoing efforts of the IDF, the Shin Bet and the police were behind the apparent calm in the country recently.
Diskin told the ministers that an IDF operation in the Beit Ilma village near Nablus prevented a large suicide bombing set to be carried out in Tel Aviv during the holidays. However, he added that the Shin Bet was concerned about the fact that the explosive belt was passed through several checkpoints undetected.
According to Diskin, a significant drop has been registered in the number of rockets launched from Gaza, from 110 Qassams in August to 85 in September. The Shin Bet attributes the decrease to Hamas’ decision not to fire rockets.
On the other hand, the smuggling of weapons into Gaza has increased since Hamas rose to power, said Diskin, making Gaza “a barrel of explosives.”
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