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`Israel to step up anti-terrorist clean-up operations`
Israel will step up `anti-terrorist clean-up operations` in the Palestinian territories in the wake of a bloody bus ambush on Jewish settlers that killed 10, a senior official from the office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a news agency on Thursday.
Israel will step up 'anti-terrorist clean-up operations' in the Palestinian
territories in the wake of a bloody bus ambush on Jewish settlers that killed 10, a senior official from the office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a news agency on Thursday.
“We will carry out clean-up operations on the ground with the aim of arresting the terrorists, dismantling their organisational infrastructure and confiscating their arms - everything the Palestinian authority has not done contrary to their pledges,” The official said. These operations will be systematically carried out in the coming days, area by area, He said.
They will not only target the Islamists from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, but also those Fatah and force-17 members implicated in terrorist activity, added the official, who requested not to be named. Meanwhile, Israeli military tanks and troops have taken up position only 200 metres from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters in Ramallah on Thursday morning, Israeli military radio said.
Bureau Report
“We will carry out clean-up operations on the ground with the aim of arresting the terrorists, dismantling their organisational infrastructure and confiscating their arms - everything the Palestinian authority has not done contrary to their pledges,” The official said. These operations will be systematically carried out in the coming days, area by area, He said.
They will not only target the Islamists from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, but also those Fatah and force-17 members implicated in terrorist activity, added the official, who requested not to be named. Meanwhile, Israeli military tanks and troops have taken up position only 200 metres from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's West Bank headquarters in Ramallah on Thursday morning, Israeli military radio said.
Bureau Report