IDF and Police forces arrested seven Palestinian suspects during the night throughout Judea and Samaria. The seven men were said to be suspected of participating in violent riots  and terror directed at Israeli civilians and security forces. Two suspects were apprehended in the Palestinian village of Khirbat al-Misbah, three in Halhul and one in Bayt Fajar in the Etzion region, and an additional suspect was caught in the Al Ayda refugee camp near Bethlehem. They were all taken for questioning.

Additionally, Israeli Police forces with the aid of IDF troops cracked down on illegal weapons manufacturers in Bethlehem. Police seized several firearms, ammunitions and countless components used to make weapons such as firing pins, rifle barrels.

IDF and Police forces have raided a lab in the village of Aqraba, near Nablus, which was used to forge entry and work permits into Israeli-controlled territory, identity cards and driver’s licenses. The Israeli forces discovered a laptop, a printer, raw materials and fake documents in the lab.

A 32-year-old suspect was arrested, and admitted in his interrogation that he had forged hundreds of Israeli identity cards and entry permits for NIS 300 (about USD 80) each. He will be brought to his remand extension in court on Tuesday.

IDF and Police forces arrested 15 Palestinian suspects during the night throughout Judea and Samaria. Two of them were identified in a statement by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit as Hamas members, and five more were said to be suspected of participating in violent riots directed at Israeli civilians and security forces.

The statement did elaborate on the suspicions against the remaining eight suspects. They were all taken for questioning.

Approximately 60 Hasidic Jews entered Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, Samaria during the night and were met with riots and rock throwing by a Palestinian mob. A teenager was lightly wounded in his face when a rock hit the bus, and was taken to Schneider Hospital in Petach Tikva.

The visit was not coordinated with Israeli authorities, and IDF and police forces were called in to rescue them. The police arrested 32 of the visiting Jews, since the site is located in Area A, which is under full control by the Palestinian Authority and to which access by Israelis is forbidden without prior coordination.

“We view the incident tonight very seriously,” said the Judea and Samaria Police in a statement. “Uncoordinated visits without proper security are dangerous both for the visitors and for security forces that come in to rescue them. Entry to Area A without permission is a criminal offense.”

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said on Monday evening that a Syrian mortar had landed in Israel and hit an open area near the border fence in the central Golan Heights. It said that it caused no casualties and no damage. In response, an IDF plane launched an airstrike against a missile launcher belonging to the Syrian army.

“The IDF holds the Syrian regime responsible for what happens in its territory and will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israel’s sovereignty and the security of its citizens,” declared the IDF in a statement.

The incident was apparently a misfire from internal battles within Syria in its ongoing civil war. No alarm was sounded in Israel due to the mortar having fallen in an open space.