Acting on intelligence community reports, IDF forces along the northern border will move to a heightened alert status as Israel prepares to release Samir Kuntar. Hizbullah has dubbed the operation �Radwan� which was the operative name of the organization�s second in command, Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a Feb. 2008 car bomb attack in Damascus. While Israel has denied culpability in the attack, Hizbullah points a finger of blame at Yerushalayim and has vowed to avenge the attack.

Intelligence officials warn that the attempted revenge attack will come following Wednesday�s prisoner exchange, with either an attempted cross-border attack in one of the northern communities, or another attempt at abducting soldiers.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)