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To: michael97123 who wrote (67747)	1/22/2003 2:55:06 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

News from the current "lull" in the intifada: Hamas planned missile attack on Jerusalem By Ellis Shuman January 22, 2003 Hamas terrorists based in Ramallah planned to fire Kassam rockets at Jerusalem. The army discovered Kassam rocket parts in Ramallah a few months ago but only yesterday arrested senior Hamas terrorist Falah Nada, who also operated the east Jerusalem terror cell responsible for the deaths of 35 Israelis. Yesterday, Border Police stopped an explosives-laden car on its way to a mega-terror attack. Kassam rockets have a range of 8-13 kilometers (5-8 miles) and would have been capable of striking not only Jerusalem's northern neighborhoods but the city's center as well, Yediot Aharonot reported today. Rocket parts not yet armed with explosives were seized by the army during a raid a few months ago. The army's interrogation of Palestinians suspected of connection to the rockets led to the discovery of twenty additional rockets hidden in a Ramallah-area mosque, the paper said. Only after Nada's arrest on Tuesday was the army able to determine what Hamas's target was. Nada was a leader of Hamas's military wing and was based in El-Bireh. He also operated the east-Jerusalem terror cell that perpetrated a series of terror attacks including the Hebrew University cafeteria bombing and a suicide bombing in Rishon Letzion. Members of the terror cell have been sentenced to 35 consecutive life sentences and their homes in Silwan and other east Jerusalem neighborhoods have been either sealed or destroyed. Nada was also involved with a series of Hamas suicide bombing attacks in 1995-1996, Yediot Aharonot reported. The Palestinian Authority arrested him a number of times but always allowed his release after questioning. He was most recently released the day after the lynching of two Israeli reserve soldiers at a Ramallah police station in October 2000. Palestinian security sources told reporters that Israel had arrested Nada's wife and another Hamas terrorist, Majed Abu Khadija. But an Israeli army spokesman said only Nada was arrested. Soldiers from an Armored Corps brigade searched a number of houses in Kfar Akab near Ramallah and discovered Nada hiding under a table, hidden from view by a floor-length tablecloth, Maariv reported. Mega-terror attack thwarted but terrorists flee Border Policemen on high alert along the Green Line thwarted a major terror attack Wednesday evening when they spotted a suspicious car traveling on the Wadi Ara highway, near Umm el-Fahm. A Border Police jeep pursued the vehicle and fired a number of shots at it. When the car came to a stop, four Palestinians were seen fleeing the scene. Sappers were called in when explosives were discovered and the car was destroyed in a controlled explosion. According to media reports, the car contained anywhere between 300 and 500 kilograms of explosives, as well as three gas canisters. Car bombs of a similar type were used by terrorists in the deadly attacks at the Megiddo and Karkur junctions in recent months. It was unclear where the terrorists planned to detonate the car, but officials believe it was bound for a major population center inside Israel. Security forces called off the search for the terrorists, believed to be members of Islamic Jihad, when they concluded the men had escaped to Palestinian areas. "The important thing is that the force managed to reach the car and prevented a disaster," said Northern District Police Command Yaakov Borovsky. In addition, Hizbullah forces shelled IDF positions on Mount Dov along Israel's northern border Tuesday afternoon for the first time in five months. Hizbullah terrorists, based outside a Lebanese village, fired mortars and anti-tank rockets across the border. There were no injuries but minor damage was caused to the IDF's Gladiola outpost. Israeli artillery units and helicopters returned fire and Lebanese sources said an elderly man died of injuries sustained from the shelling. A 20-year-old Lebanese woman was also injured by shrapnel, the sources said. web.israelinsider.com;