ISRAEL: Assassination attempt on Sharon’s life foiled

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

JERUSALEM, Mar 3 2003 (IPS) - The Israeli security apparatus has announced that an assassination attempt on Israeli Prime Minister Sharon’s life was foiled recently.

Radio Israel broadcast here today, said the attempt occurred last January and two days ahead of the recent Israeli premiership elections.

The radio added that the Israeli security organs have revealed a plan hatched up by a cell affiliated to the Islamic resistance movement Hamas aiming at hitting Sharon’s official possession with explosives.