Palestinian caught with seven homemade bombs at West Bank checkpoint
Military police hand man over to Shin Bet for interrogation
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A Palestinian man was arrested at a checkpoint east of Nablus carrying seven homemade explosive devices, several knives and a few dozen bullets, the IDF said Wednesday. The man, 19, is from Nablus.
He planned to attack either Israeli citizens or soldiers during the intermediate days of Passover, a busy vacation season in Israel. He was searched at the checkpoint after acting suspiciously, Ynet reported. He also had set off the metal detector.
Military police handed the man over to the Shin Bet for further interrogation.
It is at least the third time in recent months that a Palestinian planning to carry out a terrorist attack has been caught at the same checkpoint.
JTA contributed to this report.
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