Hasam Shoter checkpoint.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson
PA foils planned terror attack
Watch: Terrorist-to-be was arrested for setting out to bomb a security checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron; he was arrested by Palestinian security forces shortly before he could perpetrate the attack; attack would have been a mass casualty event.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) foiled a large and sophisticated terror attack against IDF forces in Hebron over the weekend. Palestinian security forces stopped the attack in its final planning phase, The attack was set to cause a large number of deaths and injuries.
The target was to be the Hasam Shoter checkpoint, which separates the Palestinian and Israeli-controlled parts of Hebron. A Palestinian security official told Ynet that an explosive device connected to a 12 kilogram cooking gas container was planted on the Palestinian side of the checkpoint.
The Hasam Shoter checkpoint in Hebron. (Photo: IDF Spokesperson)
The official mentioned that the attacker intended to approach the checkpoint and throw a Molotov cocktail at the soldiers present, then run into the Palestinian side. He intended to then trigger the device via remote control once the soldiers were close to it.
IDF destroys massive Hebron IED
Following the arrest, PA security forces passed the information along to Israeli forces, whose sappers performed a controlled demolition of the device. The demolition was documented by Palestinian civilians, and the scope of the explosion indicated a large-scale potential attack.
