JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Jerusalem district police were on alert
on Tuesday morning after receiving warnings that a suspicious car was on its way
to the city, local media reported.
A spokesman of Jerusalem police confirmed to Xinhua that the car
could be carrying terror suspects.
Checkpoints were set up along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway,
causing traffic jams near the entrance to Jerusalem. The policemen working to
direct the traffic called on drivers to come to Jerusalem through the
Jerusalem-Modiin Road (Road 443).
According to reports of the local Yedioth Aharonot newspaper,
the Israeli defense establishment has recently received 15 terror warnings
mainly from the northern West Bank and Gaza, which involve bombings, rocket fire
and kidnappings.
Major terror attacks
after Sept. 11, 2001
