#1 July 22nd 2006
IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT

Summary of arrest operation in the Nablus Mukata compound
See attached Background Information on the wanted terrorists

In a joint IDF, ISA and Prison Service operation in the Mukata compound in
Nablus, which began on July 19th 2006, security forces arrested a number of
wanted members of different terror organizations, responsible for planning
and directing terror attacks, including agents of the Hezbollah terror
organization.

In the past three days IDF forces surrounded the compound, where the wanted
terrorists were hiding, and continuously called on them to exit the
compound. The wanted men did not comply, and on several occasions opened
fire at the forces.

Exchanges of fire ensued between forces and the gunmen.

As the wanted men continued to barricade themselves inside, refusing to
leave the compound, forces began using different means in order to get them
out, while still calling on the men to come out peacefully.

Eventually, some of the wanted men did come out and were arrested by the
forces. Forces continued to call on the others to leave the compound.
Eventually, after three days of such attempts, forces demolished the
buildings in the compound in which the remaining wanted terrorists were
still hiding.

During the operation, several violent riots developed around the forces, in
which cinderblocks and Molotov cocktails were thrown at the forces, the
latter lightly injuring a soldier. Forces responded with riot dispersal
means.

The decision to carry out the operation comes after a long period of time
during which wanted Palestinians have been staying in facilities belonging
to the Palestinian security apparatuses in Nablus, against the wishes of the
commanders of these security apparatuses. These wanted Palestinians belong
to different terrorist organizations and have been planning terrorist
attacks that they intended to carry out in the immediate future.

Among the wanted Palestinians staying in the Mukata compound were a number
of senior wanted terrorists under the command of Hezbollah leadership in
Lebanon. This Lebanese terror organization has in the past days intensified
its attempts to launch terrorists and suicide bombers into Israel via its
agents in Gaza and the West Bank, in order to create an additional combat
front for Israel. The presence of the wanted men in the Palestinian
Authority's compounds is a part of Hezbollah's attempts to undermine the
activity of Palestinian security forces in Nablus and to gain control over
the Palestinian Authority's government institutions.

The IDF will continue its activity against the terror infrastructure in
Nablus and in the West Bank in general, and will employ all means at its
disposal against these organizations in order to maintain the safety of the
citizens of Israel.

#2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Attributed to "security sources" Provided by IDF SPOKESPERSON

Following are details on a number of the wanted Palestinians arrested in the
Mukata compound:

Some of the arrested men were being guided by the Hezbollah terrorist
organization

Naal Mahmad Saliman Yassin, 30, a senior wanted operative in the Al Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades, who received orders and funding from Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Yassin is a former PA policeman.

On September 29th 2000, Yassin murdered a Border Policeman during a joint
patrol in Qalkilya when he opened fire at his Israeli colleagues. Following
the murder Yassin went underground, and only in 2006 resumed his terror
activity, rejoining activities in the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
infrastructure in Nablus, while receiving funds from Hezbollah in Lebanon.

In June 2006 Yassin was responsible for the abduction of Benjamin Fishbein,
an American student, during his visit to Nablus. He was released only after
identifying himself as an American citizen. Yassin was planning additional
abductions in the Nablus area.

As part of his activity in the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Yassin was involved
in locating and recruiting terrorists to carry out suicide bombings, and
directed cells in the villages surrounding Nablus. He was responsible for
several attack attempts on IDF forces in Atzira a-Shamalia, thwarted due to
joint IDF and ISA operations.

A week ago, forces thwarted an attempt to detonate a 20kg explosive device
against an IDF force in Atzira a-Shamalia, which was guided by Yassin. The
explosives were uncovered following the arrest of members of the cell which
planned the attack.

Fuad Jamal Hassin Atzi, 21 from the Balata R.C. in Nablus. A wanted Tanzim
terrorist, he received funds and guidance from Hezbollah and from terror
organizations in the Gaza Strip.

In the past few years Atzi was involved in recruiting a large number of
potential suicide bombers, and in attempts to dispatch them for bombing
attacks.

Atzi was also responsible for manufacturing dozens of explosive belts and
explosive devices, which were used in suicide bombing attempts and in
attempts to plant roadside bombs against civilian vehicles in the Nablus
region.

Abed Al Maaz Yusef Abdullah Barham, 20, a resident of the Balata refugee
camp, and a wanted Tanzim terrorist.

Barham also received guidance and funding from Hezbollah. Under Hezbollah's
guidance, Barham attempted to carry out a bombing attack in Tel Aviv several
months ago, using a bomb activated by a mobile phone. The attack was
thwarted by Israeli security forces. Another attack was thwarted in May
2006, when security forces arrested a suicide bomber who was recruited by
Barham.

In the past few months, Barham was involved in manufacturing large numbers
of explosive devices. Under his direct guidance, some of these bombs were
planted on roads leading to Israeli communities in the Nablus area. The
devices were uncovered by IDF patrols and were detonated by the security
forces before they could be used against civilians.

Rama Mahmud Shafik Shabrawi, 24, resident of the Balata refugee camp in
Nablus. Shabrawi was involved in attempts to carry out attacks against
Israeli communities in Samaria and in the manufacturing of explosive
devices.

Ballal Abed Al Guad Ahmad Zarik, 27, resident of the Balatah refugee camp, a
wanted Tanzim terrorist. Zarik is a senior member of a terror cell
responsible for carrying out numerous shooting attacks in the area of Nablus
in the past few years, including an attack in which two Israeli civilians
were murdered in January 2005, near Tapuah junction.

Zarik's cell is guided and funded by the Hezbollah terror organization. The
cell routinely interrogated and murdered Palestinians who were suspected of
cooperation with Israel, including a gruesome murder of a Palestinian whose
body was abused.

Atallah Mahmad Atallah Hashash, 33, resident of the Balata refugee camp,
served as head of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades cell in Balata, which was
mostly involved in purchasing weapons of all kinds from dealers in the West
Bank and in the Negev area. These weapons were sold to terrorist
organizations in the West Bank, who use it in terror attacks against Israeli
civilians.