IDF Captures Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane's Murderer !

IDF arrests Kahane's son's murderer in Ramallah

Yaakov Katz and jpost.com staff,
THE JERUSALEM POST May. 28, 2007

A senior commander of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades who is responsible for the deaths of several Israelis was arrested in a joint IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Services) operation in Ramallah on Monday.

Officials said that Khaled Shawish, head of the Tanzim in Ramallah, was behind the shooting attack that killed , son of Rabbi Meir Kahane, and his wife Talia in December 2002.

Shawish was also responsible for dozens of other attacks, including suicide bombings in Jerusalem as well as other shooting attacks on roads in the area, that left a total of five Israelis dead and dozens wounded.

Officials said that Shawish, 26, has been wanted by the IDF since 2000 and has spent most of his time in hiding near the Mukata. In 2001, Shawish was wounded during clashes with the IDF.

Security officials said that Shawish was a dominant force within the Palestinian terror infrastructure and added that his arrest was a success for IDF and the Shin Bet. He was arrested while in possession of a gun.

The Al Aksa commander - a senior officer with the Palestinian National Security Force - was also a bomb maker who taught Tanzim operatives how to manufacture explosives and explosive belts and how to lay roadside bombs. He planned to kidnap both civilians and IDF troops.

In March 2002, Shawish dispatched a suicide bomber who exploded on King George St. in Jerusalem killing three people and wounding 35. In February 2002 he dispatched a suicide bomber that wounded two people.

Also Monday, soldiers arrested two Tanzim operatives in Jericho. Palestinians reported that one of the men was seriously wounded when he was shot by troops during the arrest operation.

Earlier, IDF soldiers conducting sweeps near Jenin discovered homemade weapons, which they confiscated.

Overnight Sunday, IDF forces arrested eight Palestinian fugitives during operations in the West Bank.