IDF says it arrested 5 in West Bank who threw or planned to throw Molotov cocktails

The Israel Defense Forces says in a statement that it has arrested five people in the West Bank since yesterday evening in connection with two separate incidents, both involving Molotov cocktails.

Forces operating near villages in the northern West Bank identified two terrorists who were planning to throw Molotov cocktails at a road in a civilian area, the army says.

The soldiers fired at them to eliminate the threat — wounding one — and arrested both of them, according to the IDF.

Additionally, forces operated in Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah, following an incident in which assailants threw an explosive device and a Molotov cocktail at a road leading to a military base at Mount Hatzor.

According to the military, neither device detonated and there were no injuries.

The IDF says three people suspected in the incident were arrested overnight.