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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: January 16, 2007 |
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Under Hizbullah guidance, Palestinian terror groups in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) have recently obtained high-grade explosives that have significantly improved the effectiveness of roadside improvised explosive devices (IED) used against IDF patrols, senior defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
The Jerusalem Post reports that according to the officials, the Palestinians, adopting Hizbullah tactics, have also improved the way they camouflage and hide the explosive devices on the sides of roads patrolled by IDF jeeps. While some of the explosives used in the bombs were smuggled into Judea and Samaria -- from the Sinai Desert -- the Palestinians also used homemade explosives that were less effective but still lethal.
At Sunday's cabinet meeting, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yuval Diskin reported growing Hizbullah efforts to establish infrastructure and gain a foothold in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
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