Two wanted members of the Palestinian militant group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were captured by Israeli security forces on Saturday in east Jerusalem. Mahmud Ahmed Uda had been accused of taking part in the October assassination of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi, while Israel accused Shadi Mahmud Ahmed Shurfa of several car bombings inside Jerusalem. The two men were arrested by Israeli security in an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem several days after they fled from the West Bank town of Ramallah when Israeli tanks rolled in on March 29. Both had been arrested by the Palestinian Authority shortly after the Israeli minister's assassination, but claimed that they were released within days.
Bet they aren't sprung anytime soon this time. |