HAARETZ 1. IDF EXPANDS ACTION: CAPTURES TERRITORY NORTH OF GAZA CITY AS WELL; HEAD OF HAMAS IN HEBRON APPREHENDED. 2. PERETZS GAON: FINANCIAL MAGNATE HELPING HISTADRUT SECY.-GEN. TO WIN LABOR LEADERSHIP. 3. JORDANIAN FM MUASHER: WEISGLASSS REMARKS ON DISENGAGEMENT PLAN – WORRYING. When we signed the treaty, I expected that a different era would dawn for the region, Muasher said in interview ahead of 10th anniversary of peace treaty. HATZOFEH 1. IDF arrests head of Hebron Hamas military wing, Imad Qawasmeh. ACCOUNT CLOSED. Imad Qawasmeh, suspected of dispatching two suicide terrorists to Beer Sheva attack arrested in Hebron safehouse. IDF expands actions in Gaza. For first time – Kassam warning heard in Sderot. 2. MOLEDET AND TEKUMA PARTIES UNITING. MKs Alon and Hendel agree: Joint list for Knesset. Lieberman out. 3. THIS EVENING: 100 DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST UPROOTING. 4. GLOBAL ECONOMIC FORUM: ISRAEL AMONG BEST COUNTRIES TO DO BUSINESS IN. 5. WINTER APPROACHING: RAINSTORMS AND HAIL HIT NORTH. 6. TEMPLE MOUNT EASTERN WALL IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE.
MAARIV 1. Disagreement in security establishment: How to combat firing at Sderot. POSSIBLE TO INTERCEPT KASSAMS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. Security establishment sources claim: Nautilus system capable of intercepting Kassam rockets easily. Problem: Bringing it from US will cost hundreds of millions. 2. CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN. Yesterday: Egoz unit force apprehended Imad Qawasmeh, commander of Hamas military wing in Hebron. Qawasmeh responsible for double terrorist attack in Beer Sheva, in which 16 people were killed. YEDIOT AHRONOT 1. Planner of Beer Sheva terrorist attack was afraid to die and surrendered in his underwear. SURRENDERED. ISA has been trying to get its hands on Imad Qawasmeh – Hebron Hamas commander – for four years. Yesterday, 1.5 months after he dispatched suicide terrorists to murderous attack in Beer Sheva, in which 16 Israelis were murdered, Egoz fighters surrounded his safehouse. Moment before bulldozer was about to bury him under ruins, Imad Qawasmeh (31), emerged and surrendered. 2. SHARON INVITES PERES TO MEETING. Ahead of resumption of negotiations. Netanyahu trying to persuade Likud camps to support referendum. 3. TABA SURVIVORS: WE STILL HAVE CHIPS FROM CASINO – WE WANT THE MONEY. Dozens of wounded preparing to demand that Taba Hilton compensate them for their property that was either destroyed or looted. Guests who had been to casino: We still have chips worth hundreds of dollars. ______________________________ SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS Yediot Ahronot calls on the IDF to strive to uphold the highest moral standards in the current conflict with the Palestinians. The editors believe that, For a country like Israel, justice and morality are not luxuries but a weapon that is more important than tanks or jets. Hatzofeh says that Likud ministers who oppose Prime Minister Ariel Sharons disengagement plan, dont have the strength of character to part with their Cabinet seats, The editors also discuss the internal situation of the National Religious Party and call for party unity. BPI-info
