Israel Defense Forces troops at a West Bank checkpoint arrested a Palestinian youth carrying four pipe bombs on Friday.

The youth, 17, who was passing through the Beit Farik checkpoint refused to let soldiers open his bag. The soldiers insisted on checking its contents, and found the four explosives, which were ready for use.

Sappers safely detonated the bombs. The youth was arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet security service for questioning...

...According to the IDF, in the past month, Palestinians have tried eight times to smuggle weapons or explosives through checkpoints in the Nablus region.

It was released for publication on Friday that IDF troops arrested wanted Islamic Jihad militant Jilad Duman at a roadblock northwest of Ramallah on Thursday. According to the IDF, the man had expressed a readiness to carry out a suicide bombing, and was involved in shooting attacks against Israelis.