Security forces went on high alert in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon
after receiving concrete intelligence warnings that a terrorist had
infiltrated the capital city.
According the information received by police, the terrorist is likely
currently located in East Jerusalem.
Large numbers of police officers and Israel Defense Forces troops
poured into Jerusalem and the surrounding area.
Forces were focusing on their searches in the southern and eastern
sections of the city in an effort to pinpoint the location of the
terrorist and his assistant.
Checkpoints have been placed around the city.
This is the first warning of a terrorist infiltration in Jerusalem in
several weeks.
At the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus in the West Bank, IDF troops on
Thursday afternoon arrested a 15-year-old Palestinian boy found
carrying explosives in his bag.
