May 8st, 2006
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Attributed to "security sources" [Provided by IDF SPOKESPERSON]

Arrest of a Senior Tanzim operative, involved in the murder of an Israeli
civilian and the killings of three soldiers and Israeli police officer, in
the village of Halhul

In a joint Border Police and ISA activity earlier today, May 8th 2006,
security forces arrested Nazer Ibrahim Hasin Abayat, a wanted senior Tanzim
operative in the village of Halhul, located north of Hebron. Abayat was
armed at the time of his arrest with a handgun and ammunition clip.

Abayat, 33, resident of the city of Bethlehem, has been wanted by security
forces since 2000 for his involvement in numerous shooting attacks carried
out in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Gilo and Har Homa and in the Bethlehem
area.
Abayat, one of the top wanted Tanzim operatives in Bethlehem, had also been
dealing in weaponry and had maintained close contact with senior wanted
terrorists.

Abayat was involved in numerous attacks, these include:

The killing of IDF soldier Sgt. Max Hazan on October 2nd 2000 in a sniper
shooting attack near the village of Beit Sahur, east of Bethlehem.

Killing of two IDF soldiers, Lt. David Cohen and Sgt. Shlomo Adashina, in
the area of Al-Hader, west of Bethlehem, on November 1st 2000. Four
additional soldiers were injured in the shooting attack.

Murder of Israeli civilian Avi Boaz on January 15th, 2002 in the village of
Beit Jala, northwest of Bethlehem.

The killing of Israeli Police officer Moshe Dayaan on March 2nd 2002. Dayaan
was ambushed and shot to death by Abayat and his cell while driving his
motorbike near the Marsaba Monastery located east of Bethlehem.

Two additional wanted Palestinians were arrested in the arrest activity.