IDF arrests top PFLP operative involved in death of soldier

Staff Sergeant Ben-zion Henman, 20 September 2007. (Photo: Combat Photography)

25 March 2008

Palestine-A gag order was lifted Tuesday on the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Ben security service operation that culminated in the January 15 arrest of a senior operative with the militant Palestinian group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Ibrahim Sayid Ibrahim Salem of the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank admitted during questioning to his involvement in numerous shooting attacks, detonation of explosive devices and a car bombing targeting IDF forces in the Nablus region in October 2006.

Ibrahim Salem also admitted to being involved in the shooting attack against IDF troops on September 18, 2007, during which IDF soldier Staff Sergeant Ben-Zion Henman was killed.

Several additional wanted PFLP operatives took part in the 2007 shooting attack, among them Majdi Mabruk who was also recently arrested.

Ibrahim Salem, 23-year-old Fatah Terrorist.

Ibrahim Salem also revealed during questioning that he, along with other PFLP militants, was involved in the ongoing production of explosives at a hidden location in the Ein Beit Ilma refugee camp.

The investigation also revealed that Ibrahim Salem had been involved in recruiting suicide bombers for the PFLP and for Hamas in Nablus. The suicide bombers recruited by the Ibrahim Salem never carried out their planned attacks.

Note:

Ibrahim Salem, has never had association with Hamas, in any manner. Hold him and prosecute him for the murder of Staff Sergeant Ben-Zion Henman. Give him the full extent of the law, for murder.

My condolences the family of Ben-Zion Henman, that he was murdered by a Fatah terrorist, who is an extremely dangerous man and it is very good Salem is in custody.