[IsraelTimes] 19 residents of Beit Fajjar indicted for rock-throwing, Molotov cocktailing attacks on Israelis in recent months
Israeli security forces in recent months broke up three Paleostinian terror cells operating near the West Bank city of Hebron,
| ...a.k.a. Hamas Central in the West Bank... |
police said Wednesday.
Members of the cells, 19 residents of the town of Beit Fajjar, have been accused of launching multiple rock and firekabooms at the nearby settlement of Migdal Oz, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement.
The suspects used makeshift weapons to launch projectiles
| ...that would be those five foot (1.52 m) long slingshots the Palestinan lads are so fond of... |
at the settlement from a distance, then quickly returned to the village before Israeli security forces could respond, Samri said.
According to the police, a months-long investigation into the attacks led to the indictment on terrorism charges of the 19 Beit Fajjar residents.
The suspects, who include several minors, confessed to carrying out the attacks during interrogations with security forces. The identities of the suspects were not released.
Hebron has been a flashpoint in the recent wave of Paleostinian stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks that has swept the country since October. |