Israel Matzav

'Palestinian police officer' among those arrested for Bat Yam bus bombing

The arrest of 14 Islamic Jihad members in connection with last month's bus bombing in Bat Yam was released for publication on Thursday. One of those arrested is a 'Palestinian police officer.'

Four of those arrested are Islamic residents of Bethlehem. They were caught after 'strenuous intelligence operations,' with the assistance of the Israel Police and the IDF. The others are Bedouin Arabs.

The main suspect in carrying out the attack is Sami Harimi, 20. Harimi got a Bedouin citizen of Israel who smuggles illegals into Israel from Palestinian Authority territories, to drive him to Yafo (Jaffa). After he prayed at a mosque, he got on Dan bus number 240, placed the explosive charge in the middle of the bus, got off at a station and a few minutes later, called the cell phone that was connected to the charge and set it off.

Harimi, who was arrested a few days after the attack, has confessed to the attack and said that the terror cell intended to carry out a larger terror attack in Tel Aviv a few days after the first. Another suspect who is under arrest, Hamdi Taamri, 21, led investigators to a stash of explosives weighing about 20 kilograms, that were hidden near his home.

According to reports, passengers noticed a suspicious object on the bus and reported it to the driver, who quickly removed all passengers from the bus. The bomb squad officer got on the bus to disarm the device, but it exploded as he approached it. Paramedics and emergency personnel provided first aid to the lightly injured officer.

Fifth column... Israel Radio reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the involvement of a 'Palestinian police officer' with the group shows that the 'Palestinians' don't have peaceful intentions. You needed more proof?

Labels: Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli Arabs are a fifth column, Palestinian terrorism

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:41 AM