IDF shuts down large illegal weapons shop in West Bank
Security forces raid workshop in the city of Hebron, seize lathes in ongoing crackdown
Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Israeli forces raided and shut down an arms workshop in the West Bank town of Hebron overnight Wednesday, with the military calling it the biggest illegal weapons manufacturer found in the past year.
Forces uncovered two metal lathes in the workshop as part of what the army said is an ongoing effort to clamp down on weapons manufacturers and illegally held weapons in Palestinian areas.
Forces have uncovered several arms workshops in Hebron and other West Bank cities as part of a bolstered effort to shut down arms manufacturing and running over the past year.
A number of terror attacks have been carried out with makeshift rifles manufactured in underground workshops in the West Bank.
The IDF said in a statement it was “working night and day and will continue to act to disrupt terror and prevent terror acts in the area.”
In other overnight operations in the West Bank forces arrested eight suspects, most of whom were sought for violent rioting against Israeli civilians and security forces, the army said.
The suspects were taken in for questioning.
The army said it also seized a vehicle in the town of Beit Ummar, southwest of Jerusalem, that had been used to transport rioters.
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