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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF shuts down large illegal weapons shop in West Bank
2017-01-13
[IsraelTimes] Security forces raid workshop in the city of Hebron, seize lathes in ongoing crackdown.

Israeli forces raided and shut down an arms workshop in the West Bank town of Hebron
...Hamas Central in the West Bank...
overnight Wednesday, with the military calling it the biggest illegal weapons manufacturer found in the past year.

Forces uncovered two metal lathes in the workshop as part of what the army said is an ongoing effort to clamp down on weapons manufacturers and illegally held weapons in Paleostinian areas.

Forces have uncovered several arms workshops in Hebron and other West Bank cities as part of a bolstered effort to shut down arms manufacturing and running over the past year. A number of terror attacks have been carried out with makeshift rifles manufactured in underground workshops in the West Bank.

In other overnight operations in the West Bank forces incarcerated
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
eight suspects, most of whom were sought for violent rioting against Israeli civilians and security forces, the army said.

The suspects were taken in for questioning.

The army said it also seized a vehicle in the town of Beit Ummar, southwest of Jerusalem, that had been used to transport rioters.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Second one in the last couple months.
Posted by: Mossomo   2017-01-13 21:54  

#2  Might be a good site for a new settlement.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-01-13 12:00  

#1  
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-01-13 08:11  

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