{"id":286832,"date":"2026-02-12T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/286832\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:31:08","slug":"suspected-terror-plot-near-jerusalem-leads-to-two-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/286832\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected terror plot near Jerusalem leads to two arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Police<\/a> officers from the Jerusalem District Unit completed the interrogation of a 50-year-old resident of Kalandiya<\/a> who was arrested last week and suspected of planning a terror attack, police confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor’s statement was filed against the suspect, and his detention was extended, police added.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested after being caught causing a traffic incident at an entrance to Jerusalem. Police officers at the scene found knives and “an item of military clothing identified with a terrorist organization,” seizing the items.<\/p>\n

The investigation into the incident found that the suspect planned to carry out a combined attack near the Hizma<\/a> checkpoint, having planned an attack for several months, motivated by nationalist causes.<\/p>\n

The vehicle stopped at the scene bore fake license plates, the police noted.<\/p>\n

The suspect was then questioned on suspicion of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack, armed infiltration, forging vehicle license plates, and other offenses, police confirmed.<\/p>\n

\"AA Hamas flag, and other paraphernalia linked with the terror group, found in the residence of the son of a suspected terrorist, February 2026. (credit: ISRAEL POLICE)<\/p>\n

The day following the initial arrest, officers arrested the suspect’s son, aged 21, after searching his home, finding materials linked with incitement, Hamas<\/a> flags, headbands, and pictures of terrorists.<\/p>\n

The son was also questioned on suspicion of possessing the means to commit a terrorist attack and also detained, police confirmed.<\/p>\n

Police, IDF hunt for suspect fleeing officers near Hebron<\/p>\n

Later on Wednesday,\u00a0Israel Police officers, conducting an operation near Hebron, noticed a vehicle stopped on the side of the road near Hakvasim (Sheep) Junction southeast of the city, the police stated.<\/p>\n

The driver of the vehicle saw the officers, attempted to drive away, and nearly hit another vehicle by performing a dangerous U-turn.<\/p>\n

The police officers felt their life was in danger and opened fire, the police said.<\/p>\n

The driver then stopped after a few meters, and the suspects exited the vehicle and fled.<\/p>\n

Police officers and IDF soldiers conducted searches across the area for the suspects.<\/p>\n

The suspects’ motives remain unclear at this time.<\/p>\n

Police find 22-year-old man shot in vehicle in Rahat<\/p>\n

Police were called to the scene of a shooting in Rahat on Thursday morning, following the report of a 22-year-old man who was found shot dead inside his vehicle.<\/p>\n

The suspect is believed to be the son of a well-known political figure in Rahat and well-known within Israel’s Bedouin society.<\/p>\n

Yanir Yagna contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Police officers from the Jerusalem District Unit completed the interrogation of a 50-year-old resident of Kalandiya who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14927,51,19153,85,46,1158,3794,43,4032,146652,98,2896],"class_list":["post-286832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-bedouin","tag-hamas","tag-hebron","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-police","tag-jerusalem","tag-news","tag-shooting","tag-stabbing-in-jerusalem","tag-terrorism","tag-terrorist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}