Israeli army seals Palestinian bookstore used for explosive manufacturing
Xinhua, April 2, 2017 Adjust font size:
Israel's military said on Sunday that its forces closed overnight a bookstore in the West Bank city of Nablus that was used for explosive manufacturing.
The operation was part of a recent wave of night raids in Palestinian cities, which the army says are aimed to confiscate illegal weapons.
"The store was used by a Hamas terror cell for manufacturing explosives and producing inciting materials," a military spokesperson said in a statement.
"The Hamas cell was uncovered during last December, while planning to commit terror attacks in Jerusalem and Haifa," the spokesperson added.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, soldiers arrested five Palestinians who were said to be suspected of "terrorist involvement and disorderly conduct."
Three of the suspects were arrested in the Hebron area in the southern West Bank, one in the central West Bank and one in the village of Beit Fajar near Bethlehem.
Israel captured the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war and has kept its control over these lands, where the Palestinians which to establish their future state. Endit