According to reports in a British magazine, the six Palestinians arrested earlier this week near the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh were en route to a suicide attack against an Israeli arms warehouse in which nuclear bombs and Jericho surface-to-surface missiles are stored.
Jane’s Foreign Report reported Wednesday that the planned attack was thwarted as a result of information received by Israel’s Shin Bet security service and by a large-scale manhunt that resulted in the capture of the six late on Monday.
"Within Israel's defense establishment, officials are denying this morning that security information of this nature was indeed received," the Israel Army radio said.
Foreign news reports have said in the past that Jericho missiles and nuclear warheads and other devices were stored in underground bunkers near Moshav Zecharia, not far from Beit Shemesh.
After the capture of the Palestinians, Jerusalem District Police chief, Mickey Levi told reporters that the capture “averted a major tragedy.” (Albawaba.com)
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