B’chasdei Hashem a number of Arab terror attacks have been prevented, in this case in Afula and Kfar Saba.

On Thursday 28 Kislev, a PA (Palestinian Authority) resident was stopped at a bus stop adjacent to the ‘G’ Shopping Center in Kfar Saba. The 39-year-old Kalkilye resident was found to be concealing a knife. He had a permit to be inside Green Line Israel for 24 hours.

He told authorities that he works in agriculture and simply forgot he had the knife on him.

In the second case, on Wednesday 27 Kislev, three Arab males carrying knives were apprehended in Afula. Police were alerted by an alert citizen who called in after deciding the three appeared suspicious.

The three are resident of Jenin. They were found to be carrying butcher knives, apparently on their way to perpetrate an attack.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)