November 28, 1997

At Ben-Gurion airport, Israeli security forces arrest Stefan Josef Smyrek, a German, on suspicion of planning to carry out a suicide attack on behalf of Hizballah. (ITV 12/24, RMC 12/25, YA 12/26 in WNC 12/29; WP 12/25; WT 12/26; NYT 12/27; WJW 1/1; JP 1/3; PR 1/16; Focus [Munich] 2/2 in WNC 2/4)