Elad, Israel - Palestinian Nabbed As A Suspect On His Way to Carry Out Attack

Elad, Israel - Dozens of policemen and security personnel raided the Charedi community of Elad, located south of Rosh Haayin, in search of a Palestinian suspected of planning to carry out a terror attack in Israel.

One of the residents recounted the events: "It was frightening to see special forces roaming the streets with their guns drawn and faces masked." According to the residents, security forces were notified that a terrorist has entered the community. They said that roads were blocked by security forces' vehicles, and that people were prevented from returning to their houses, they went door to door with their guns drawn in search of the suspect.

"We're not used to seeing such large numbers of security personnel in the community. This isn't the first time there are alerts, but this time the number is unprecedented, as well as the urgency and determination exercised by the forces. The people who saw the forces in the course of their intensive searches, got scared, ran to their houses and closed themselves up inside."

All this searches concentrated on the eastern part of the community, near the seam line area, and resulted in the arrest of one perp who is an illegal alien.