Palestinian Teens Enter Israel Carrying Home-Made Submachine Guns
Masked Palestinian fighters of Saraya al-Quds (Jerusalem Brigades), the military wing of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, take part in a training session on December 23, 2008 in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Image by Abid Katib/Getty Images
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Palestinian teens from the West Bank entered Israel carrying home-made machine guns.
The teens, from Nablus, were found by a Border Police foot patrol in the Seam Zone, between the Green Line and Israel’s security barrier, outside the community of Oranit near central Israel. They had tried unsuccessfully to run away, according to Israel Police.
The teens, ages 17 and 18, carried the Carlo-style submachine guns and cartridges in a colorful school backpack. They were taken for questioning.
The infiltration came two days after a 17-year-old Palestinian climbed over the fence of the Adam settlement north of Jerusalem and stabbed three people, killing a 31-year-old father of two young children.
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