Troops detain terror suspect (Archive)
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IDF nabbed wanted Palestinian involved in soldier's death
Cleared for publication: Ibrahim Salem, who was involved in clash with troops in Nablus that left one soldier dead, detained two months ago
Cleared for publication: An elite unit arrested wanted Palestinian terrorist Ibrahim Salem in a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet two months ago.
Salem was involved in a shootout with IDF forces in the West Bank town of Nablus in September 2007 in which First Sergeant Major Ben-Zion Henman was killed.
The 23-year-old Salem admitted to being involved in numerous shooting attacks and explosive device attacks on IDF troops in the Nablus area. He also confessed to complicity in a car bombing directed at forces in Nablus in October 2006.
A force belonging to the Duvdevan Unit detained Salem on January 15th, but the story was only cleared for publication Tuesday evening.
Recruitment efforts
The September 2007 clash involved several other terrorists, including some wanted Popular Front members. One of them has been detained by security forces recently. Salem revealed that he and other terrorists were involved in the production of explosive materials at a refugee camp hideout.
Salem's interrogation, in addition to the interrogations of other Hamas and Popular Front members in Nablus, revealed that the explosives were used in order to make bombs directed at IDF forces.
Salem was also involved in the recruitment efforts of several terrorists for the purpose of carrying out terror attacks, which ultimately did not materialize.
