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Israel Arrests Palestinian Suspected of Planning Attack in Tel Aviv
Israel on Monday arrested a Palestinian suspected of planning to carry out a suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv.
The bomber was captured by Israeli army and border police "by chance" in the Tulkarm area in the West Bank early Monday morning, Israel Radio reported, quoting Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer as saying.
The suspect's mission had been prepared by Omar Al-Madiri, a 26- year-old member of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) who was killed in an Israeli attack in the West Bank city of TulKarm on Sunday, Ben Eliezer said.
But the minister did not identify the suspected Palestinian bomber or his targets, but said that many Israelis were saved once again due to the capture.
The Israeli army spokesman's office announced on Sunday that Israel carried out an attack on Madiri who had planned suicide attacks and had been responsible for a series of shooting attacks and bombings in the TulKarm area in recent months.
The Palestinians said that Madiri was killed when an Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at his car.
The Israeli army said on Sunday that Madiri was transporting a large explosive device at his car and was on his way to a meeting with a potential suicide bomber at the time of the assassination.
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