Prison militants surrender to Israeli forces
Six Palestinian militants holed up inside a West Bank prison in Jerico surrendered to Israeli forces today, almost 10 hours after Israeli troops laid siege to the compound.
Among those who surrendered was Ahmed Saadat, leader of a radical PLO faction and mastermind of the 2001 assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister, the Israeli military announced.
The main target of the raid were Saadat and four accomplices in the killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi.
In addition, Israeli forces seized Fuad Shobaki, the mastermind of an illegal weapons shipment to the Palestinian Authority several years ago.
Israel’s West Bank commander, Maj Gen Yair Naveh, said 15 other militants were also arrested in the raid.
