Palestinian youth detained (Archive Photo)
Photo: Moked Shomron
Palestinian teen ferried two bombs
Youth caught at 'flying checkpoint' set up by Nahal infantry unit along same street on which Yevgeny Raider was murdered a month ago
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.
Underage Militants
By Efrat Weiss
IDF soldiers recover 11 pipe bombs after troops detain two youngsters at West Bank checkpoint
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 was arrested 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.
