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Ramaha Planned to Orchestrate a Suicide Bombing in Rehovot, Now Killed in Gunfight With IDF
The IDF and Border Police killed a top wanted Fatah terrorist Thursday as he tried to run a checkpoint set up to catch him. An armed companion was also killed.
Muhammad Amin Muhammad Ramaha headed Fatah’s Tanzim terror group in the Ein Beit Ilma slums near Shechem (Nablus), in northern Samaria.
Acting in conjunction with the Shabak (General Security Service), IDF and Border Police Special Forces set up a temporary roadblock in order to apprehend Ramaha, who was wanted for planning and facilitating several terror attacks in the region that were foiled over the past six months.
The terror chief tried to run the roadblock and crashed into another vehicle, IDF sources said, injuring a number of Palestinian Authority Arabs. As soldiers rushed toward the vehicle, Ramaha and another man opened fire at them with an M-16 assault rifle and a pistol. The soldiers returned fire and killed both men.
Ramaha was planning a suicide bombing to be carried out in the near future, the IDF spokesman said, and was aided and funded by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction. IDF paratroopers intercepted an 8-kilogram bomb dispatched by Ramaha near the Ein Bidan Checkpoint east of Shechem. They found the bomb in the trunk of a vehicle that raised their suspicion and arrested the four Fatah men riding in the car. The bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion by IDF sappers.
Fatah’s armed men in Gaza have received arms and training from the United States in recent months in the hope that they will use them to weaken the ruling Hamas terrorist organization and protect Abbas (Abu Mazen). Israel and the United States hoped that PLO chairman Yassir Arafat’s successor would serve as a moderate leader.
Fatah’s terror groups are manned by many members and former members of the Palestinian Authority’s police force, which was trained and armed by the Rabin government following the 1993 Oslo Accords. When Fatah lost the last elections to the Islamist Hamas group, Hamas men took control of much of the PA’s armed groups, freeing Fatah to activate its armed groups Tanzim and the Al Aksa Brigades.
Intelligence information about Ramaha has now been released for publication. He was involved in several planned and foiled attacks over the past six months:
* Ramaha planned to orchestrate a suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Rehovot. The suicide bomber was arrested near Shechem on July 30th while on his way to carry out the attack. The terrorist told interrogators that Ramaha had recruited him for the attack and helped him prepare for it.
* Mustafa Ramaha, arrested on July 9th, told interrogators that Muhammad Ramaha had appointed him to recruit people willing to become suicide bombers. Ramaha had also presented him with an explosive belt and propositioned him to blow himself up in order to kill Jews.
* Amer Fahmawi, arrested on August 18th with 15,000 shekels in cash that he said was given to him by Ramaha in order to purchase weapons.
* Hassan Taim, arrested on September 11th, told investigators that he had bought 800 small metal pieces of shrapnel to be used in making deadly explosive belts.
* Muhammad Galiz, arrested on October 22nd, was days away from carrying out a suicide bombing. He was instructed by Ramaha to detonate himself amidst an IDF force in the Shechem region.
Source: Ezra HaLevi. Wanted Fatah Terrorist Killed in Gunfight With IDF. INN.com (14 Dec 2006) [FullText]
Muhammad Amin Muhammad Ramaha headed Fatah’s Tanzim terror group in the Ein Beit Ilma slums near Shechem (Nablus), in northern Samaria.
Acting in conjunction with the Shabak (General Security Service), IDF and Border Police Special Forces set up a temporary roadblock in order to apprehend Ramaha, who was wanted for planning and facilitating several terror attacks in the region that were foiled over the past six months.
The terror chief tried to run the roadblock and crashed into another vehicle, IDF sources said, injuring a number of Palestinian Authority Arabs. As soldiers rushed toward the vehicle, Ramaha and another man opened fire at them with an M-16 assault rifle and a pistol. The soldiers returned fire and killed both men.
Ramaha was planning a suicide bombing to be carried out in the near future, the IDF spokesman said, and was aided and funded by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction. IDF paratroopers intercepted an 8-kilogram bomb dispatched by Ramaha near the Ein Bidan Checkpoint east of Shechem. They found the bomb in the trunk of a vehicle that raised their suspicion and arrested the four Fatah men riding in the car. The bomb was detonated in a controlled explosion by IDF sappers.
Fatah’s armed men in Gaza have received arms and training from the United States in recent months in the hope that they will use them to weaken the ruling Hamas terrorist organization and protect Abbas (Abu Mazen). Israel and the United States hoped that PLO chairman Yassir Arafat’s successor would serve as a moderate leader.
Fatah’s terror groups are manned by many members and former members of the Palestinian Authority’s police force, which was trained and armed by the Rabin government following the 1993 Oslo Accords. When Fatah lost the last elections to the Islamist Hamas group, Hamas men took control of much of the PA’s armed groups, freeing Fatah to activate its armed groups Tanzim and the Al Aksa Brigades.
Intelligence information about Ramaha has now been released for publication. He was involved in several planned and foiled attacks over the past six months:
* Ramaha planned to orchestrate a suicide bombing in the Israeli town of Rehovot. The suicide bomber was arrested near Shechem on July 30th while on his way to carry out the attack. The terrorist told interrogators that Ramaha had recruited him for the attack and helped him prepare for it.
* Mustafa Ramaha, arrested on July 9th, told interrogators that Muhammad Ramaha had appointed him to recruit people willing to become suicide bombers. Ramaha had also presented him with an explosive belt and propositioned him to blow himself up in order to kill Jews.
* Amer Fahmawi, arrested on August 18th with 15,000 shekels in cash that he said was given to him by Ramaha in order to purchase weapons.
* Hassan Taim, arrested on September 11th, told investigators that he had bought 800 small metal pieces of shrapnel to be used in making deadly explosive belts.
* Muhammad Galiz, arrested on October 22nd, was days away from carrying out a suicide bombing. He was instructed by Ramaha to detonate himself amidst an IDF force in the Shechem region.
Source: Ezra HaLevi. Wanted Fatah Terrorist Killed in Gunfight With IDF. INN.com (14 Dec 2006) [FullText]
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