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Hamas terrorists in Kalkilya built a large supply of bombs and stored them in a local mosque without raising suspicion from local Palestinian Authority armed forces who represent the rival Fatah faction. However, the terrorists were out of luck on Wednesday, Passover eve, when a simple electric shortage gave away their plans. The shortage caused a small fire in the mosque, bringing PA forces to the building, where they found bombs ready for use and large cannisters of bomb-making materials. The mosque was closed down, and PA sappers removed the explosives.

(IsraelNN.com) Muslim fundamentalists, aligned with Al Qaeda, bombed a Christian bookstore and two Internet cafes in Gaza on Saturday following previous attacks on churches as part of its religious crusade to replace the secular Fatah faction. The "Sword of Islam" terrorist group took responsibility for the bombings of Internet cafes and music stores, which they consider an offense to the Muslim religion because they represent Western society. The same group has issued warnings to Gaza women not to hang out in Internet cafes. The Swords of Islam has bombed more than a dozen Internet cafes in several weeks and destroyed...

Mofaz cites failure to disarm 52 wanted terrorists and the smuggling of Strella missiles into Gaza by PA intelligence agents as reasons for the delay. But preparations for handover are continuing. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the IDF to delay transferring the city of Kalkilya to PA armed forces. Mofaz accused the PA of failing to fulfill their promises to seize weapons held by 52 terrorist fugitives hiding out in Jericho and Tulkarem, cities that were recently handed over to PA control as part of an agreement reached between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and PA leader Mamoud Abbas in...

Jan. 26, 2005 16:16 | Updated Jan. 26, 2005 16:34 Police forces kill Hamas fugitive in Kalkilya By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Israel Police special forces operating Wednesday in the West Bank city of Kalkilya killed Hamas fugitive Maher Abu-Sneineh and wounded two of his assistants. Police units spotted the three driving in a car and when they ignored their calls to stop pursued them. When the fugitives attempted to flee, the officers opened fire, killing Abu-Sneineh and his assistants. According to the army, Abu-Sneineh, in the past, planned to launch a suicide bomb attack in Israel but after his Hamas commander...

The IDF has imposed a closure on the West Bank city of Kalkilya after Palestinians fired on a group of construction workers building the security fence in the area. One of the workers, an Israeli Arab, was wounded in the attack and was taken to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba for treatment. He was reported to be in light to moderate condition. Palestinian witnesses said IDF forces entered Kalkilya after the shooting attack and imposed a closure on the city.

The Israel Defense Forces detonated a road side explosive device in the Gush Katif section of Gaza this afternoon, a military source told The Jerusalem Post. "Jewish civilians discovered a bomb placed on one the roads in Gush Katif and immediately notified the IDF Border Police whose sappers detonated the bomb in a controlled explosion," the source said. Earlier today in Kalkiyla in the West Bank, an IDF Border Police patrol came under automatic weapons fire. "The terrorists shot at our patrol from a civilian building, continuing to use both Palestinian civilian structures, holy sites and innocent Palestinians as physical...

Two Israeli soldiers killed at the time of the operation of Kalkiliya Thursday June 20, 2002 - 4h44 GMT JERUSALEM, June 20 (AFP) - Two Israeli soldiers, a commander and a sergeant, were killed Wednesday in a fixing with Palestinian combatants, in the autonomous city of Kalkiliya in the West Bank, announced to Thursday an Israeli military spokesman. Four other soldiers, two officers and two soldiers were wounded during the fixing during which was killed the regional head of a Palestinian service of safety, Mazen Slimane and one of its men captured, according to this source. The Israeli army...