IDF Arrests Palestinian with Knife at Jerusalem Checkpoint

14 September, 2016   |   9 years ago

Jerusalem, 14 September, 2016 (TPS-IL) -- IDF soldiers arrested a Palestinian man carrying a concealed knife at a checkpoint in southern Jerusalem, according to Israeli police.

The soldiers were positioned at the ‘Rachel Checkpoint’ on the way to Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem when they notice a suspicious man attempting to enter the checkpoint area. The knife was discovered in a security search on his body. The forces detained the suspected would-be-stabber and have taken him for questioning.