Police arrest 2 Palestinians with firebombs in West Bank
Two minors held for questioning after stopped outside military base south of Jerusalem with Molotov cocktails
Illustrative photo of a young Palestinian hurling a firebomb in Hebron. (AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Border Police early on Saturday arrested two Palestinian teens for possession of Molotov cocktails outside a West Bank military base south of Jerusalem.
The two Palestinians, identified as residents of the Deheishe refugee camp outside Bethlehem, were allegedly preparing to use the firebombs, police said in a statement.
The two suspects were taken in for questioning.
Later another unidentified suspect threw a firebomb at the same military facility and fled the scene, Walla news reported.
The Border Police and IDF opened an investigation into the incident.
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