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The capture of a three-man terrorist cell has led to the revelation of plans for a massive attack in Haifa's Talpiot market. The three were arrested by security forces within 36 hours of Wednesday's Kalandiya bomb attack north of Jerusalem in which two Palestinians were killed and three border policemen seriously wounded. The terrorists had purchased a baby carriage to conceal the bomb, but the large presence of security forces at the Kalandiya checkpoint caused them to detonate it prematurely. Two of the cell members attempted to escape detection by attending to Palestinian casualties...
Bassam Mustafa Asad Abid, 29, a taxi driver, was arrested by security forces just hours after the attack. Information obtained during his interrogation led to the arrest the following day of Muhammad Fathi Dieb Ayosh, 27, also a taxi driver. Both are residents of Arraba village near Jenin. A complex and intensive hunt led to the arrest of the third cell member, Wael Nabil Mahmud Nuriat, 29, of Matilon in Samaria. Nuriat was caught while hiding inside a mosque in A-Ram. Details released for publication on Friday by the Shin Bet revealed that Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commanders in Jenin, Zakariya Zubeidi, 28, and Mahmud Asad Ibn Halifa, 25, supplied the terrorists with the 25-kilogram bomb and instructed them on how to detonate it. |