Israeli police said Friday they had found a suicide bomber’s explosives belt hidden in a mosque in Israel, and said it was the first such discovery since the Palestinian uprising began more than two years ago. The army said the belt was discovered Thursday as a result of “precise intelligence information” from two members of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad who were captured by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Packed with about 30 pounds of explosives, the belt had been placed in the washroom of a mosque in the Israeli Arab town of Taybeh near the West Bank, police spokeswoman Shira Lieberman said. Taybeh is along a route that suicide bombers have used in the past when infiltrating into Israel. Islamic Jihad has killed dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings during the 28-month-old Palestinian uprising for statehood. Taybeh mayor Salah Jabara condemned the use of the mosque as a hiding place for explosives. “In the final analysis, bombs harm Arabs and Jews alike,” Jabara told Israeli Army Radio. Full Story
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