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Hamas would-be kidnapper intercepted by IDF-Shin Bet patrol

October 26, 2008, 2:25 PM (GMT+02:00)

The incident, just released for publication, occurred on Sept. 21, when Jamal Abu Douaba was helped by his confederates to steal across the Egyptian border south of the Gaza Strip to the southern Israeli Negev. He was on a mission to kidnap Israel soldiers by luring them to the border for a “profitable dope deal.” 
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US helicopter air-ground raid kills eight inside Syria DEBKAfile Special Report October 26, 2008, 10:21 PM (GMT+02:00) A US helicopter drop in another incident Eye witnesses are quoted as describing four US helicopters from Iraq striking a house in al Qaim 17 km from the Iraqi border Sunday night, Oct. 26, and killing 8 people. Eight US soldiers are said to have disembarked for the attack before being flown out. There has been no US comment on the incident. Asked if the incident was compatible with Israel’s talks with Syria, Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni commented: Damascus must stop aiding al Qaeda as well two other terrorist groups, Hizballah and Hamas. DEBKAfile’s military sources report previous US strikes on Syrian soil in 2004 and 2005 targeting al Qaeda exit points to Iraq. Sunday’s operation was an extension of the US-Iraqi offensive to purge the northern Iraqi town of Mosul and their northern Syrian havens of al Qaeda elements.  More...

Israeli parties brace for Jan-Feb election after Livni gives up on government bid DEBKAfile Special Report October 26, 2008, 9:04 PM (GMT+02:00) Tzipi Livni runs out of time Kadima leader foreign minister Tzipi Livni presented herself to president Shimon Peres Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26, to inform him of her failure to win over partners for a viable coalition government. After allowing three weeks for another would-be prime minister to come forward with 61 Knesset member supporters, the Knesset is dissolved and a general election called, most probably for February 17, 2009. The veto ruled by the ultra-religious Shas party’s rabbinical council finally put paid Friday, Oct. 24, to foreign minister Tzipi Livni’s prospects.  More... Hamas would-be kidnapper intercepted by IDF-Shin Bet patrol October 26, 2008, 2:25 PM (GMT+02:00) The incident, just released for publication, occurred on Sept. 21, when Jamal Abu Douaba was helped by his confederates to steal across the Egyptian border south of the Gaza Strip to the southern Israeli Negev. He was on a mission to kidnap Israel soldiers by luring them to the border for a “profitable dope deal.”  More... Tehran wants Barack Obama in the White House, rules out war DEBKAfile Special Report October 23, 2008, 11:35 AM (GMT+02:00) Hamas would-be kidnapper intercepted by IDF-Shin Bet patrol October 26, 2008, 2:25 PM (GMT+02:00) The incident, just released for publication, occurred on Sept. 21, when Jamal Abu Douaba was helped by his confederates to steal across the Egyptian border south of the Gaza Strip to the southern Israeli Negev. He was on a mission to kidnap Israel soldiers by luring them to the border for a “profitable dope deal.”  More...