The IDF, Israel Police, and Border Police conducted a joint operation overnight on Thursday night, raiding an illegal weapons manufacturing site in Nablus, seizing the equipment, and arresting one individual.
Israeli forces found a lathe used to make weapons, and a slew of illegal firearms, including an M16 rifle, a pistol, and a shotgun. They also found combat vests, a helmet, and a dagger, along with assorted cartridges and parts for various guns.
One man was arrested in connection with the incident and taken in for further questioning.
Border Police confiscate explosives in West Bank village
Throughout Thursday and Friday, Border Police found and destroyed seven explosive devices in the West Bank village of Arana.
Some of them were improvised, the police said, adding that the activity was part of a larger counter-terrorism operation that included interrogating dozens of suspects in multiple West Bank villages.
The explosives confiscated in Arana were intended to be used against Israeli security forces, the police added.
