Israeli security forces thwarted an attempted stabbing at the Qalandiya checkpoint in Judea and Samaria near Jerusalem early on Thursday morning, according to police.
The suspect, a Palestinian resident of Gaza in his 20s, approached the crossing on foot and aroused the suspicion of security forces.
“During the inspection, the suspect pulled out a knife. The forces acted quickly, overpowered him and arrested him,” police said, adding that no one had been injured during the incident.
In a separate statement on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police and Israel Prison Service announced that the security forces had dismantled a weapons and explosives manufacturing infrastructure at a lathe workshop complex in the village of Balata near Nablus (Shechem).
During the raid, seven lathes suspected of being used for illegal arms production were located and destroyed, thousands of shekels in cash were seized and one suspect present at the scene was detained.
On Wednesday, an off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldier and a civilian in Samaria were lightly wounded by stones hurled by Palestinians, the military said.
Separately on Wednesday, police arrested a man from the Judea and Samaria region in Ra’anana. The man is suspected of planning to carry out “security offenses,” police said.
