Palestinians Continue Plotting and Carrying Out Terror Attacks

Israeli forces thwarted two separate terrorist attacks in the West Bank today.

A Palestinian arrived Wednesday afternoon at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the city of Nablus, and attempted to stab a soldier.

The 16-year-old Palestinian arrived at the checkpoint at around 5 pm, approached a soldier and pulled out a 10-centimeter (4-inch) knife. The soldier cocked his weapon, and the terrorist let go of the knife.

The other troops stationed at the checkpoint gained control of the terrorists and took him in for questioning. There were no reports of injuries.

Earlier, IDF forces thwarted an attempt by Palestinians to run over a group of soldiers near the West Bank village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. No injuries or damage were reported in the incident.

Four Palestinians traveling in three vehicles, including a bulldozer, broke through an army roadblock at around 3 pm and attempted to plow the vehicles into the soldiers.

That comes on the heels of a successful terrorist attack in Jerusalem in which a terrorist drove a vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers, injuring 20 people. The media refrained from calling it a terrorist attack, even though the driver purposefully targeted the Israelis with his vehicle and avoided mentioning the driver's Arab background.

Meanwhile, Israel's Shin Bet arrested seven Palestinians for a terror plot to kill Israeli police and a bomb was uncovered and detonated along the Gaza-Israel border.

Five Palestinians were killed when two smuggling tunnels collapsed between Gaza and Egypt. Palestinian terrorists use the tunnels to smuggle equipment, weapons, and personnel into Gaza.