Israeli police announced on Wednesday the arrest of a Palestinian man for allegedly planning to carry out a stabbing attack in Rahat city in the Negev.
The police said in a statement that the detainee is a 30-year-old man from Tulkarem city in the West Bank. He was rounded up by Israeli forces of the Shin Bet border police and undercover units.
The statement claimed that the Palestinian man was arrested for planning to carry out a stabbing attack. He took out a knife to resist the forces while trying to capture him before being controlled and arrested the police alleged.
