Police of the Shai (Shomron-Yehuda) district reported finding a pipe bomb inside an Arab vehicle near el-Azariya at the Kiosk Checkpoint entrance to the village on Monday morning 20 Cheshvan.

Detectives were acting on a tip, stopping the vehicle as it exited the village. The explosive device was found under the driver’s seat. Five suspects who were in the vehicle, residents of the Hebron district, were taken into custody.

According to the police spokesman’s report, the explosive device was likely to be used in a terror attack in the Hebron district.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)