A suspicious Arab male stopped for inspection near Tapuach Junction in Shomron on the first day of Pesach admitted he planned to stab a soldier.

After the man was checked he was found to be concealing a knife, which he admitted he planned to use to stab a soldier stationed at the area checkpoint. B’chasdei Hashem he was stopped in time and there were no injuries to security forces.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)