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| Top Hamas terrorist arrested in Ramallah | |
| 2010-03-14 | |
In a joint operation combining the forces of the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and police,
According to the IDF Spokesperson's office, the Ein Yabroud native, born in 1963, founded in 1990 Ramallah's Hamas military wing. Ouda was allegedly involved in the deaths of dozens of Israelis, and was on Israel's most wanted list since the late 1990s. Ouda began to engage in terrorist activity two decades ago, when he founded an armed Hamas cell in Ein Yabroud. The cell kidnapped and interrogated Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel, in addition to acquiring weapons with which to carry out terror attacks. He was taken for questioning by Palestinian Authority security forces in 1998 and was interred for several months in a PA prison. Intelligence from the Second Intifada showed Ouda was involved in the planning and funding of a military branch of Hamas which was responsible for the murder of ten Israelis. Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) intelligence enabled Ouda's arrest. According to an IDF statement, the operation was the final stage in a plan to thwart Hamas military activity in Ramallah, which during the Second Intifada was culpable for the deaths of 70 Israelis. | |
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