[IsraelTimes] Yamam officers take the man, who was in Israel illegally, for questioning, alleging intention to carry out ’terror activity’ amid string of deadly attacks
Undercover officers from the police’s Yamam counterterrorism unit arrested a Paleostinian man on the Route 6 highway Sunday night, who was suspected of planning a terror attack, police said.
The suspect, who was in Israel illegally, was detained near the Nahshonim Junction. Law enforcement officials said he was suspected of "intending to carry out terror activity."
He was taken for further questioning by the Shin Bet security agency, which had also provided Israel Police with the intelligence on the suspect’s location and alleged intent.
It was not immediately clear what kind of attack the suspect was planning, or where. According to Hebrew media reports, the suspect was unarmed at the time of his arrest.
The highway was briefly closed during the arrest operation.
The arrest comes following a series of deadly terror attacks in Israel within a span of days that left 11 people dead and put Israeli security forces on heightened alert. The escalation has come as the Moslem holy month of Ramadan begins — often a period of high tension in Israel and the West Bank.
Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel was entering a period of "vigilant routine" as security forces work to prevent further terror attacks.
"Terrorists have all kinds of ideas, so we are on high alert, both the Shin Bet and the Israel Police, to identify any hint of an idea or plan for an attack, and thwart it in advance," Bennett said, after troops killed three button men who were allegedly en route from the Jenin area to carry out an attack in Israel in the predawn hours of Saturday. The Yamam unit was also involved in the incident near Jenin.
Israel has ramped up security measures in response to the attacks and deployed additional forces to the West Bank, Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
border and major cities such as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. 
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