Israeli security forces on Tuesday night arrested four Palestinian illegal infiltrators, including a terrorist en route to an attack.

The arrests were made several hours apart at the A-Za’im Crossing and the Tunnels Checkpoint by Yehuda and Shomron District police officers and Border Police troops.

In one incident, security forces discovered two infiltrators hiding in the trunk of a vehicle at the A-Za’im crossing, one of whom was wanted for questioning by security authorities on suspicion of planning an imminent terrorist attack.

The two suspects, residents of Tulkarem in their 20s and 40s, were transferred for questioning at the Ma’ale Adumim police station and were imprisoned at the conclusion of the investigation.

 

Several hours earlier, officers from the Etzion police station and Jerusalem Border Police troops stopped an Israeli car at the Tunnels Checkpoint. During the inspection, two Palestinians from the villages of Azariya and Za’atara presented forged Israeli identity cards in an attempt to pass through the checkpoint without being detected.

The car was seized, and the infiltrators and their Israeli driver were arrested and transferred to the Etzion police station for questioning.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)