Eight Kassam makers caught in West Bank (Israel, islam, Article)

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Eight Kassam makers caught in West Bank



In predawn raids conducted in and around Jenin on Monday morning, soldiers arrested eight Islamic Jihad fugitives, who were involved in attempts to build homemade Kassam-like rockets to fire into Israel.

It is the second raid in less than one month in which terrorists were caught attempting to build such rockets.

During Monday's raids conducted by the Maglan and Golani Egoz units, a soldier was lightly wounded when a bomb was detonated near troops. He was taken to Ha'emek Hospital in Afula. According to security officials, the cell members had conducted several failed attempts to launch the rockets. The fugitives' arrests do not necessarily signify an increase in attempts by terror groups in Samaria to arm themselves with rockets, a security official said. "We are aware of their existence just as we are aware of the rockets in Gaza," an official said

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