An elite Israeli army unit arrested a senior commander of the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades in Ramallah who allegedly was responsible for the deaths of Rabbi Meir Kahane’s son and several Israelis.Officials said Monday that Khaled Shawish was behind dozens of attacks, including suicide bombings in Jerusalem and shooting attacks on roads in the Ramallah area, The Jerusalem Post reported. One of the Ramallah attacks killed Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, son of Rabbi Meir Kahane, and his wife, Talia, in December 2002. Shawish has been wanted by the Israel Defense Forces since 2000.Overnight Sunday, IDF forces arrested eight Palestinian fugitives during operations in the West Bank.
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