May 14th 2006
IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT

Top Islamic Jihad terrorist killed

Elias Ashkar was involved in almost every terror attack in Israel in the
last year

In a joint IDF, ISA and Israeli Police arrest operation today, May 14th
2006, in the village of Kabatiya, south of Jenin, IDF forces encircled the
structure in which several Islamic Jihad terrorists were hiding. An exchange
of fire ensued between the forces and the wanted men, five of the gunmen
were killed. Among them was Elias Ashkar, the most wanted Islamic Jihad
terrorist in the West Bank, who was responsible for almost all the terror
attacks carried out inside Israel in the last year, including the most
recent terror attack in Tel Aviv on April 17th in which the number of
Israelis killed rose today to 11.

Ashkar was currently involved in planning a suicide bombing inside Israel.