DEBKA File Headlines

Mofaz: Israel will employ drastic measures to root out Palestinian Qassam rocket bases in Gaza Strip and halt fire on Israeli towns and targets.

IDF operation begins in N. Gaza town of Beit Hanoun Friday, hours after five Qassam rockets land in south Israeli town of Sderot

Twenty-one al Qaeda operatives detained in Europe in last 24 hours with explosives and chemicals

In Catalonia, 150 Spanish anti-terror agents rounded up 16 militants, most Algerian, in Catalonia.

Earlier, Italian police detained 5 Moroccan men near Venice with explosives, maps of central London, plans to hit NATO base in Verona and Padua Cathedral

Spanish, Italian roundups linked to French and British security probes into Al Qaeda poison plots