Israel nabs Palestinian security officer for weapons dealing
The Israeli military says security forces have arrested a "major weapons dealer" who is a member of the Palestinian security services in the West Bank.
The military says it arrested Mahayub Borhan Rashad Knaza in the West Bank city of Nablus early on Monday and confiscated weapons manufacturing equipment.
Recent Israeli raids have seized weapons, shuttered arms-making factories and arrested weapons dealers as part of a crackdown meant to quell a spate of Palestinian attacks. The military says seven weapons-manufacturing machines were seized this year in the Nablus area.
