The commander of the terrorist gang responsible for placing explosives in trash containers in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv has been caught. Abd el-Rahim Jaber of Hebron, who has been a fugitive since the group’s members were apprehended after placing explosives at Tel Aviv’s central bus station, was wounded and taken alive by an Army patrol in the desert south of the Dead Sea when he tried to cross into Jordan.
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