West Bank: IDF confiscates 200 pipe bombs, numerous IEDs in Tulkarm


The IDF destroyed on Friday an explosives manufacturing lab in Tulkarm in the West Bank, the military said on Sunday morning.

Numerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs), including about 200 pipe bombs, fire extinguishers, and large gas cylinders meant to be used as explosive charges attached to vehicles, and over 50 kilograms of improvised explosive material were found in the lab. The explosives were intended to be used in terror attacks against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians in the West Bank, the IDF said.

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Source: The Jerusalem Post News


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