An IDF unit arrested Wednesday evening a 17-year-old Palestinian from the village of Kafin, in the northern West Bank, who was smuggling two improvised explosives and a knife.
The teen was nabbed at a 'flying checkpoint' (impromptu) Baqa al-Sharqiya, southwest of Jenin, and is currently undergoing interrogation by security personnel.
Military sources said the youth was arrested along the same road on which Yevgeny Raider ,a 28-year-old resident of Hermesh, was murdered a month ago.
Raider was killed in the roadside ambush that also wounded Andre Zeidan, 16.
The two were driving in a rented vehicle from the settlement of Hermesh to Israel, while unbeknownst to them, a white Toyota waiting for them at "Surprise Lane" Junction.
Two or more terrorists exited the car and waited on both side of the road for Israeli motorists.
Using children
In the last few months, the IDF has stopped a number of attempts by Palestinian youth to smuggle explosives, particularly in the northern West Bank.
Last month, a 16-year-old wasarrested at the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus after five pipe bombs wrapped in Silicon and studded with nails were found in the crate he was transporting.