Israeli security sources suspect that terrorists operating within the Palestinian Authority may have exploited the funeral procession of Palestinian official Faisal Husseini last Friday to smuggle terrorists, explosives and arms into Israel, the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot reported. But army officials said that while the number of participants in the procession from Ramallah to Jerusalem prevented a thorough check of every individual, no cars with Palestinian license plates were allowed into Israel.
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