Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was reported Monday to have ordered the detention of the top leaders of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza City.
Lebanon's Al Mustaqbal newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as saying Sheikh Abdullah Al Shami and Mohammed Al Hindi were among the leaders Arafat ordered the Palestinian police to arrest.
The newspaper added that the order came one day after the suicide bombing attack, which was carried out by the Islamic Jihad in a Haifa restaurant and killed 19 people.
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