IDF soldiers in Nablus (Archive photo)
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Fatah operative involved in killing of 3 soldiers nabbed
Security forces say wanted terror suspect arrested in Bethlehem was involved in killing of 3 soldiers in shooting attacks
Security officials say a wanted terror suspect arrested in Bethlehem on Sunday is implicated in the killing of three Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
Khaled Salhat, a Fatah operative, was arrested in a joint operation by the police, Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces.
Salhat was involved in the killing of an IDF soldier in a shooting attack on October 2, 2000, near Bethlehem.
On October 17, 2000, he orchestrated a shooting attack on Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood. A Border Police officer was critically injured in the attack.
On November 1, 2000, he carried out a shooting attack near Bethlehem in which an IDF officer and soldier were killed and three others were injured.
Security forces thwarted a kidnapping attack that targeted an IDF officer. Salhat was the main suspect in the incident.
Salhat has been remanded for interrogation.
