Israeli security forces uncovered eight terrorist cells in the Judaea and Samaria regions of the West Bank and detained 66 of their members, an army spokesman announced tonight, Four of the cells were linked to El Fatah, three to Nail Hawatmeh’s Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and one to Ahmed Jibril’s Popular Front-General Command.
An El Fatah cell was discovered in Hebron after an Arab youth was killed while preparing a bomb. Two other Fatah cells, were found in the Nablus area and the others near Ramallah and in Jalazoun village in Samaria. Large quantities of arms and explosives were seized.
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