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To: Lucky Lady who wrote (334)	9/17/1998 9:11:00 AM
From: SOROS	of 1151

Ha'rretz - Israel - 09/17/98 By Amos Harel, Ha'aretz Military Correspondent The security forces yesterday stepped up their already high state of alert in both the territories and Israel in the wake of renewed threats by Hamas to avenge the deaths last week of two senior activists of its military wing. Adel and Imad Awadallah, who were brothers, were gunned down by Israeli forces last Thursday. In the past few days, information has reached the defense authorities about the intention of Hamas to explode car bombs in the big cities and to try to abduct hitchhiking soldiers or civilians. Military sources said Hamas's first option is to detonate a car packed with explosives in one of the big cities. Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz yesterday said that "we have learned that Hamas intends to abduct soldiers." He said that soldiers are being briefed on how to behave when hitchhiking, "as far as possible." Speaking to military reporters, Mofaz said that Hamas has for some time been preparing attacks against Israel. "In the past year and a half the organization has succeeded in consolidating its organizational infrastructure in Judea and Samaria very significantly, he said." It is now easier for Hamas to use the West Bank as a base of departure for attacks than the Gaza Strip. The chief of staff said that the closure of the territories was imposed for a variety of reasons, including the killing of the Awadallah brothers, advance reports of Hamas preparations to carry out attacks, the mission of U.S. peace envoy Dennis Ross in the region and the "sensitive" period of the Jewish holidays. "We have beefed up the units of the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] in the territories significantly and we will be very vigilant at checkpoints," Mofaz said. He disclosed that in the past "two or three months" the Shin Bet internal security service has "uncovered intentions by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to carry out attacks. There were many successes in thwarting attacks that have not been reported." In a campaign to alert soldiers to the possible dangers of hitchhiking, Military Police officers put on civilian clothes and offered soldiers lifts in cars that are off-limits to hitchhikers (such as cars with a passenger in the back seat with the seat next to the driver empty). Every soldier who got into such a car was placed on disciplinary trial.

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