{"id":22719,"date":"2025-05-12T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22719"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:24:13","slug":"two-brothers-arrested-in-bethlehem-for-stockpiling-knives-clubs-and-axes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/two-brothers-arrested-in-bethlehem-for-stockpiling-knives-clubs-and-axes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Brothers Arrested in Bethlehem for Stockpiling Knives, Clubs, and Axes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Border Police forces operating in Judea and Samaria arrested two Palestinians yesterday (Sunday) on suspicion of possessing and trafficking weapons and assault tools in Bethlehem. The raid was carried out in coordination with the Intelligence Division of the Border Police and the Etzion Brigade. Over 1,000 weapons-related items were discovered, concealed inside household appliances that were packaged and ready for shipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On-Site Arrest \u2013 Large Weapons Cache Seized<\/strong><br \/>\nThe troops, acting on precise intelligence, spotted one of the suspects carrying a suspicious object on his person. After quickly overpowering him, they found a knife hidden in his waistband. He was immediately taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdOJPzZmAbI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seized weapons hidden inside electrical appliances | Photo: IDF Spokesperson&#8217;s Unit<\/strong><br \/>\nA search of the suspects\u2019 home revealed hundreds of items, including knives, clubs, axes, and additional weapons believed to have been intended for use in terror attacks. Some of the weapons were discovered concealed inside carefully packed appliances, disguised as ordinary parcels prepared for delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Suspects \u2013 Brothers from Bethlehem<\/strong><br \/>\nThe detainees are two brothers, aged 25 and 17, residents of Bethlehem. They were transferred for further questioning by the Border Police Investigations Unit in Judea and Samaria.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yY-dF-YRztQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police Praise the Operation<\/strong><br \/>\nPolice commended the work of the troops and emphasized that the swift and precise operation averted a serious threat to public safety. \u201cWe will continue to operate consistently and with determination to safeguard the citizens of Israel,\u201d the Border Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Police troops in Judea and Samaria arrested two brothers from Bethlehem on suspicion of possessing a large cache of weapons and assault tools; During the raid, over 1,000 items hidden inside household appliances were seized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[5514,1699,2619,5515,1480,4342,1660,1661,5227,2449,1542],"class_list":["post-22719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","tag-bethlehem","tag-border-police","tag-counterterrorism","tag-intelligence-operation","tag-israel","tag-israeli-security-forces","tag-judea-and-samaria","tag-palestinians","tag-terror-prevention","tag-weapons","tag-west-bank"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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