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Terror suspect detained in Nablus
IDF forces nab senior member of Fatah's military wing said to be behind planning of numerous attacks against Israeli soldiers
Efrat Weiss
Amar Damara, a senior member of Fatah's military wing, was arrested by an IDF force in Nablus on Thursday and transferred for questioning in Israel.
Security officials allege that Damara has recently been involved in the manufacturing of explosive belts and in planning suicide bombings against soldiers in the Nablus area and in Israel.
According to the sources, Damara and his group members were acting on orders from Hizbullah and from terror operatives in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources told Ynet that fire exchanges followed the arrest, but the IDF denied the report. Palestinian eyewitnesses said that the army forces received backup from two helicopters during the operation.
Damara had replaced Muhammad Ramaha, who was killed during a military raid in town about a month ago, a security official claimed.
During the interrogation of security prisoners jailed in Israel it was revealed that Damara planned to launch terror attacks from Nablus, and that he was also behind shooting attacks and the placing of explosive devices against the IDF.
Security sources said that the terror infrastructure in Nablus represents one of the gravest threats to Israel in the West Bank.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian suspect was killed in Tulkarm during a special IDF force operation in the town Thursday. Palestinian sources said that the man killed is Fadel Dhaji.
No IDF soldiers were injured in the operation.
Ali Waked contributed to the report
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