Hamas Kassam rocket cell captured

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The Shin Bet revealed on Thursday that in early January they, together with IDF forces, arrested Fadel Taha, 30, the head of a Hamas infrastructure in Ramallah, and five of his accomplices who were responsible for manufacturing Kassam rockets in a laboratory they set up.

Officials said the rockets were in the advanced stages of being constructed when the six were arrested. Intelligence gained from an IDF operation in Ramallah in December led to their arrests.

In an operation launched on December 1, security forces arrested 29 Hamas suspects, and blew up two bomb factories, a belt containing 20 kilograms of explosives and demolished 3 buildings.

Security officials said that in an operation carried out by the IDF on October 21 last year to target Hamas terrorists in Ramallah, many Hamas members affiliated with the infrastructure were arrested or killed by security forces, and information gained from questioning detainees together with documents seized revealed the identities of others who remained at large.

Taha was arrested in 2001 and incarcerated in Israel serving two prison terms for terrorist activities,

He told investigators that in prison he made contacts with other Hamas activists from the Gaza Strip.

Released at the beginning of 2003, he resumed his activities in Ramallah and began building up the Hamas infrastructure and the manufacturing of the rockets.

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