Islamic militants arrested in Passover bomb plot

Israeli agents have arrested a ring of Islamic militants who planned to set off a massive car bomb in Tel Aviv over the Passover Jewish holiday, ending a five-month ceasefire.

A statement by the Shin Bet security agency said it arrested 19 members of a Hamas splinter group from the West Bank town of Qalqiliya connected with the plot, in which a potential suicide bomber drove a car laden with 100kg of explosive into Tel Aviv but did not detonate the charge.