Five attempted suicide bombings in Jerusalem reportedly were thwarted this month. David Zur, chief of Israel’s border police, told reporters on Wednesday that the Shin Bet security service had prevented the attacks thanks to intelligence alerts about terrorists targeting the capital.
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