Police Arrest Two Arabs En Route to Attack in Tel Aviv

The police’s elite Yamam counterterrorism unit successfully captured two Arabs on Monday who were apparently on their way to carry out a terror attack in Tel Aviv.

The police stated that Yamam operatives arrested the two in south Tel Aviv on suspicion that they were “planning to carry out a hostile activity.”

The two suspects, residents of Shechem, were in Israel illegally and without the required permits.

The two were taken for interrogation by the Shin Bet to clarify the circumstances of their entry into Israel.

Israel’s security services are on high alert following several deadly terror attacks in recent weeks. The IDF has deployed massive forces along the line between Yehudah and Shomron and the rest of Israel to prevent Arabs from the Palestinian Authority from illegally crossing into Israeli cities to carry out attacks.