Rocket Launch Thwarted from Judea and Samaria
Due to intelligence provided by the Palestinian Security Forces, IDF identified a Qassam rocket planned to be launched towards Israel.

by Arnon Ben-Dror
IDF Spokesman
February 22, 2010

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1615/rocket-launch-thwarted-from-judea-and-samaria

On Monday (Feb. 22), Army Radio reported that Palestinian security forces gave Israel information on a Qassam rocket manufactured in Judea and Samaria planned to be launched towards Israel.

According to estimates, the rocket was ready to be launched towards the center of the country. Information about the existence of the rocket was received from the Palestinian security apparatus.

The detection of the rocket is due to the successful cooperation between the IDF, the Civil Administration and the Palestinian Security Forces, as reflected in several recent cases, such as right-wing activists' breach to Jericho where cooperation between both forces avoided a violent confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis.

Moreover, the successful coordination between the forces could be seen last night, when the IDF secured a coordinated entry of some 600 worshipers near Qalqilya.

In a separate incident, a pipe bomb and one 30-centimeter-long knife were discovered on a Palestinian man by IDF soldiers at the Beqa'ot security crossing, east of Nablus. The man was transferred to the custody of Israeli security forces.

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