Officers arrest Palestinian with knife in Hebron

Border guards have arrested a Palestinian man who was found to be in possession of a knife near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, police say.

The suspect attempted to enter the holy site with the blade hidden on his person.

No one was injured in the arrest, a police spokesperson says.

— Judah Ari Gross

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