Palestinian security services have foiled four attempted suicide bombings against Israel in the past two weeks, a senior Palestinian security official said today.
The official said several arrests of potential suicide bombers had been made, including members of the radical Islamic Jihad movement.
"We succeeded in stopping four attacks'' in the West Bank, said the high-ranking official, who asked not to be named.
Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat pledged to crack down on extremists attacking Israel when he signed up to a truce deal on September 26th. Israel has accused him of reneging on his side of the deal.
Palestinian police made a series of raids in the West Bank a week ago, detaining several members of Islamic Jihad and Hamas, the two radical groups opposed to any compromise with Israel.
The official did not specify if the arrests were made in those swoops.
AFP