TERROR ALERT FOR ISRAEL

h/t Michael Travis



from The Last Crusade

TERROR ALERT FOR ISRAEL- U.S. SHOULD TAKE HEED

Israel on alert after reported capture of soldier
IF TRUE THE REPERCUSSIONS COULD BE SEVERE
thelastcrusade.org

Israeli authorities are investigating reports of the capture of a soldier near Ben Gurion International Airport, in the center of the country, on Thursday.

“The matter is being investigated,” a military spokesperson told Ma’an when asked about the reports.

A previously unknown group calling itself the “Al-Quds Army” claimed responsibility for the reported capture in a statement sent to Ma’an.

In recent weeks Israel has warned it’s citizens worldwide to be on alert to possible kidnap attempts. Last week Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon warned that Israel will hold Hezbollah responsible for any attack on Israeli citizens or diplomats.

Stay tuned and keep your powder dry.

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Update from ANDRE79

YNETNews

IDF looking into possible kidnapping
Massive security forces deployed in greater Tel Aviv area, Highway 443., dozens of roadblocks set up following report that soldier was forced into vehicle near Ben Gurion Airport; Palestinian group claims its 'resistance fighters' abducted soldier
Eli Senyor

Cleared for publication: The IDF and Israel Police received a report at around noon Thursday claiming that two civilians forced an IDF soldier into a car at an intersection near an Israeli Air Force base adjacent to Ben Gurion International Airport.

In response to the report, filed by a woman soldier, security forces set up dozens of roadblocks in the greater Tel Aviv area, Petah Tikva and Highway 443. Two helicopters were scrambled as part of the clampdown. So far there have been no reports of any missing soldiers, and the report's credibility is being checked.

The Israeli dragnet, which began in the early afternoon and lasted into the evening, froze traffic around Ben-Gurion Airport on the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported a previously unknown organization called "Al-Quds Army" claimed responsibility for abducting an Israeli soldier.

The organization's statement read: "Our resistance fighters captured an Israeli soldier near Ben Gurion airport and withdrew along with the soldier peacefully - later we will give details about the captured soldier.

A Palestinian security official said the Al-Quds Army, while fairly obscure, was believed to have links to the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah, a foe of the Jewish state.

The Palestinian security official could not immediately confirm that such a claim of responsibility had been made.
A driver who was stuck at the entry to Petah Tikva told Ynet, "This is usually a three-minute stretch of road but it took nearly 45-minutes."

Another said that dozens of police cruisers were seen rushing along the Atarot Junction in central Israel.

Winning the return of Israeli captives or even their corpses is a cardinal tenet of the Israeli military, and lopsided prisoner exchanges have been common in the past. Soldiers are trained never to abandon comrades on the battlefield.

The capture of two Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese border by Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamic terror group allied to Hamas, was the trigger that set off the 2006 war in Lebanon. Israel later swapped a notorious Lebanese guerrilla for the remains of the two soldiers, under heavy pressure from the servicemen's families.

Israel already has one soldier being held captive. Sgt. Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas-allied terrorists three years ago in a cross-border raid from Gaza. Shalit has not been seen since then, and the Red Cross has not been permitted to visit him.

Egypt has been mediating attempts to trade Shalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. But negotiations for Shalit's release have been hobbled by Hamas' demand that among those to be freed are many convicts serving time for deadly attacks on Israelis.