Once again B’chasdei Hashem, an Arab male armed with a knife was taken into custody before he could perpetrate a terror attack at the Jerusalem light rail.

This latest incident occurred on Thursday, 29 Tammuz at a Herzl Boulevard stop of the light rail when a security officer detected a suspicious 17-year-old Arab male. The male was found to be concealing a knife.

Authorities report the suspect is a PA (Palestinian Authority) resident inside Green Line Israel illegally.

Earlier this week, a criminal indictment was filed against Ali Abu Hassan, the 21-year-old Hebron man who planned a bombing attack against the light rail. In this case too, B’chasdei Hashem, alert security officials detected the terrorist’s presence before he could strike.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)