Palestinian officials arrested a Hamas activist after finding nearly a ton of explosives in his home. The bomb factory was located in a two-story home right next to Palestinian police headquarters on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Hebron. Meanwhile, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin acknowledged that Israeli and Palestinian security forces were thwarting his group’s plans to carry out an attack against Israel. But, he added, a “response will come at the appropriate time, even if it is delayed.”
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