IDF lifts gag on arrest of militant implicated in Shalit abduction - Haaretz

Last update - 21:35 13/07/2007

IDF lifts gag on arrest of militant implicated in Shalit abduction

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, Associated Press and Haaretz Service

The Shin Bet security service lifted a gag order on Friday on the June 9 arrest of a Palestinian militant involved in the abduction of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in June of last year.

The militant is 30-year-old Mohammed Salameh Abed Zufi from the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. He was arrested near Rafah in a joint Shin Bet and IDF raid. The announcement was delayed until an indictment was prepared, the army said.

Shin Bet sources said that Zufi's role in the abduction included photographing the attack, jointly carried out by Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees, in which Shalit was taken captive and two of his comrades were killed on June 25, 2006.

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IDF sources also said that Zufi is accused of taking part in firing Qassam rockets from Gaza into southern Israel.

Zufi was also involved, according to security sources, in a raid on the "Africa" post, next to the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Gaza.

During that attack, which took place in 2002, militants killed an IDF officer and three soldiers from a Bedouin patrol battalion.

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1.	Bravo	16:13	\|	Frederique	13/07/07

2.	Good work IDF!	16:51	\|	Murray of Montreal	13/07/07

3.	1 down , 4 millions to go ,	17:06	\|	Joseph E .	13/07/07

4.	Absurd	17:24	\|	Sam	13/07/07

5.	Jospeh E.	17:53	\|	rafik	13/07/07

6.	Getting Mohammed Salameh Abed Zufi is a good start	18:12	\|	Shepherd	13/07/07

7.	Bravissimo Shin Bet! Bravo IDF	18:41	\|	Vittorio	13/07/07

8.	wow, what a clownish show biz	19:16	\|	Ahmad Abouali	13/07/07

9.	Yasher Koach!	19:45	\|	phillipe theodosius	13/07/07

10.	To Joseph E, all 4 millions?	20:10	\|	Otto Rand	13/07/07

11.	fair journalism: the Shin Bet abducts Shalit`s abductor	20:10	\|	Bill	13/07/07

12.	Congratulations, Shin Bet	20:13	\|	KUTW	13/07/07

13.	So what...	20:15	\|	Lee	13/07/07

14.	Captured - Mohammed Salameh Abed Zufi	20:15	\|	Shimon	13/07/07

15.	Zufi`s role included photographing the attack.	20:50	\|	Chick	13/07/07

16.	Hand him over to the Bedouins.Theyll take care of him	20:54	\|	Alan	13/07/07

17.	Supplies for Shalit	20:55	\|	Ron	13/07/07

18.	Response to Ahmad Abouali in Nablus	21:10	\|	Kipperraes	13/07/07

19.	Shalit abductor	21:23	\|	Shmuelshachor	13/07/07

20.	#4 Shepherd: Do you really think that Zufi will know the	21:26	\|	Haham me Bat yam	13/07/07

21.	To hammad on #5	21:29	\|	Shmuelshachor	13/07/07

22.	Bury Mohammed Salameh Abed Zufi	21:39	\|	Mike	13/07/07

23.	Will Mr. Olmert Undercut This Victory?	21:50	\|	J of Hollywood	13/07/07

24.	kiperaras - Ahmad Abouali	22:38	\|	rafik	13/07/07

25.	Last Hamas Photographer lost both legs-dangerous job thesedays	22:55	\|	Alan	13/07/07

26.	to #8 and 18	22:56	\|	Dik	13/07/07

27.	a job well done	00:16	\|	SB fan	14/07/07

28.	Ahmad Abouali	01:11	\|	Mark Lincoln	14/07/07

29.	While Shalit is a hostage Israel is free to attack	03:35	\|	peace seeker	14/07/07

30.	excellent job by all branches involved	09:27	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	14/07/07

31.	But does bring Shalit any closer to coming home?	10:41	\|	Wael	14/07/07

32.	Abduction righo price	11:33	\|	Piero P.	14/07/07