Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Police detain a Palestinian man illegally in Israel in the coastal city of Netanya, January 19, 2023. (Lior Damari/Courtesy)
Officers in the coastal city of Netanya arrested two Palestinians illegally in Israel on suspicion they were planning to commit a terror attack, police said.
According to a police spokesperson, officers, including special forces, conducted searches for the pair near the city’s market, eventually finding them at a nearby car wash.
They were detained “on suspicion of involvement in an attempt to commit security offenses,” the spokesperson said. A police sapper was also at the scene “to rule out concerns.”
A passerby photographed a police officer holding a knife, apparently seized from one of the men or from the area they were arrested.
Police did not elaborate on the suspicions against the two Palestinians.
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They were handed over to the Shin Bet security agency for further questioning.
A police officer is seen holding a knife apparently seized from a Palestinian suspect in the city of Netanya, January 19, 2023. (Lior Damari/Courtesy)
Their identities were not immediately published.
The incident came amid heightened tensions as Israel conducts an ongoing anti-terror offensive in the West Bank, to deal with a series of Palestinian attacks that killed 31 people in 2022.
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