Troops arrest two Palestinians carrying bombs near Jerusalem

[Behind the Aegis]

Security forces on Monday morning chased down two Palestinians near Jerusalem who had apparently intended to carry out a terror attack in the capital city, Army Radio reported.

The two youths, who threw firebombs at security forces during the chase, were eventually arrested attempting to cross the separation fence near Jerusalem's southern Har Homa neighborhood.

The two, aged 16 and 17, were carying carrying two pipe bombs, fire bombs and knives and had a Hamas flag.

In a separate incident, IDF troops wounded on Monday afternoon a Palestinian youth attempting to cut through the security fence in the West Bank village of Beit Likiya, near Ramallah.

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