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“Police on high alert after terror attempt”

SNIPPET: “Mall in Haifa authorized to reopen as police, Shin Bet investigate how car full of explosives was able to make its way to parking lot”
Ahiya Raved
Published: 03.22.09, 09:40 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “After tragedy was averted in an attempted bombing plot in Haifa on Sunday, police were instructed to be on high alert and heightened deployment in northern Israel.

“Police presence was increased in crowded areas. We instructed security officers and guards at various centers to be more alert and instigate more thorough searches,” one police officer told Ynet.

“It’s probable that there will be checkpoints at the entrance to cities as this is part of a heightened alert. We ask the public to demonstrate greater awareness and patience,” he said.””

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“Police dismantle bomb planted near shopping mall”

SNIPPET: “Explosive devices found in car near Lev HaMifratz center in Haifa bay, terror organization claims responsibility for bombing attempt. Mall was previously hit by Scud rocket during Operation Desert Storm”

Hagai Einav
Latest Update: 03.22.09, 00:45 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “A private vehicle wired with explosives and parked outside the Lev HaMifratz shopping mall in Haifa was neutralized by security forces on Saturday evening, preventing a potentially deadly attack. The bombs were found after a partial explosion occurred, alerting local security. Police are currently operating under the belief that the motive for the attempted bombing is nationalistic.

Sappers alerted to the scene worked for a lengthy period of time to dismantle the remaining explosives, which were concealed in a bag. According to the police, the largest of the explosive devices detonated partially, leaving the rest of it intact. A number of smaller charges spread around it also did not explode. Officers later said that current estimates put the weight of the explosives involved at nearly 100 pounds.”

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“PA source: Iran-backed group may be behind Haifa bomb attempt”
By Avi Issacharoff, Amos Harel and Fadi Eyadat
Tags: Haifa Terror, Israel News

SNIPPET: “A senior source in the Palestinian Authority told Haaretz Sunday that he suspects Hezbollah or another organization with links to Iran was behind the attempted bombing of the Lev Hamifratz shopping mall in Haifa on Saturday night.

According to the source, the PA holds definitive intelligence that Hezbollah has been trying for some time to recruit members of Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad in an attempt to get operatives of those terror groups to carry out an attack in Israel.

The aim of the Lebanese Shi’ite group is to carry out a massive terrorist attack that would avenge the assassination of its mastermind terrorist, Imad Mughniyeh, in Damascus in February 2008, the Palestinian source said. Hezbollah blames Israel for Mughniyeh’s death.

Last week, two police officers were killed in the Jordan Valley, and an anonymous caller claimed responsibility in the name of the Mughniyeh Units.”