Border Police officers captured close to a dozen pipe bombs at the Salem Crossing near Jenin in the northern West Bank on Sunday, thwarting what appears to have been a major terrorist attack, possibly against a nearby military court.Four Paleostinians were tossed in the calaboose at the crossing and were found to be in possession of 11 pipe bombs, a homemade pistol and a commando knife.
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The four were last in line to enter the Samaria Military Court when one of the soldiers stationed at the crossing, from the Military Police, spotted wires protruding from under his jacket.
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Three other Paleostinians who were in line with the man carrying the weapons were also jugged. The IDF suspects that the attack was planned against the Samaria Military Court, since the line the Paleostinians were standing in only goes into the court and back out.
The thwarted attack came a week after the IDF captured a number of weapons in a home in Kfar Salem, near Nablus, including an M-16 and an Uzi and after the Shin Bet recorded an increase in the number of attacks in December in the West Bank..