Undercover forces arrested a wanted individual on Saturday in the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, who was then handed over for Shin Bet investigation.
Undercover agents with drawn guns snag terror suspect at falafel stand
Dramatic footage released by the Palestinians, apparently from a security camera at the scene, shows the moment the suspect was apprehended while standing at a falafel stand in the refugee camp.
In the footage, the suspect is seen standing in front of customers, next to vendors distributing falafel portions, when suddenly a person with a backpack grabs his shirt and tries to pull him away from the stand.
The suspect and the vendors next to him resist, but then other undercover operatives draw their guns, prompting the vendors to raise their hands and stand back. The suspect is subsequently brought to the ground, along with one of the falafel stands behind him.
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Earlier on Saturday, a terrorist opened fire toward the Jewish settlement in Hebron after infiltrating from the nearby Muslim cemetery and was neutralized by security forces. The attacker, Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal, was an imam of the Al-Qassam Mosque in Hebron and a Hamas operative.
Minister Orit Strock responded on Saturday evening to the attack, saying, "This cursed terrorist, an imam at an age 'not suspected of terrorism', fired at point-blank range at two children innocently walking on the only street in Hebron permitted for Jewish movement. I will bring my neighbor’s son’s soccer ball, a fifth-grade student, to the government meeting tomorrow. The soccer ball was hit by a bullet instead of the child, who was saved by the grace of God."