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Police reopen Tel Aviv light rail station, arrest 2 Palestinians after IDF uniform, but no arms, found in their bag
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Police have reopened south Tel Aviv’s Elifelet light rail station to the public after arresting two West Bank Palestinians over a suspicious object report.
Light rail security staff previously called the cops on the two men, reporting that they had been carrying “suspicious luggage,” a law enforcement spokesman says. Police officers and bomb disposal specialists who arrived at the scene did not find any weapons or dangerous items in their possession.
Officers checking their luggage instead found pants that are part of an IDF uniform, among what appears to be a plethora of other clothing and shopping bags.
They have taken the two men — a 44-year-old Nablus resident and a 59-year-old Beita resident — for questioning at a nearby station.
A photo shared by the police spokesman shows the contents of the detainees’ luggage strewn about the light rail platform.
The Times of Israel Community.