Israel’s military has been placed on high alert following an airline bomb scare and reports of other threats.
Officials said the intelligence community has warned of an imminent attack by either Al Qaida or Hizbullah against Israel. They said the Islamic insurgency could be planning the hijacking of an Israeli passenger jet that would then be crashed into an Israeli residential area.
“There is an assessment that something very bad will take place over the next few weeks, perhaps over the Jewish holidays,” an official said.
On Sept. 24, the Israeli military was ordered on high alert following a bomb scare involving an El Al passenger jet. Security officials received information that a bomb had been placed on plane scheduled to arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport from Paris that evening.
World Tribune — Israel on high alert for mass-casualty strikes
