On Thursday evening, the Israeli security service, the Shin Bet, claimed that it had arrested a Palestinian from Ramallah, allegedly planning to carry out a shooting attack in occupied Jerusalem.

According to a statement by the agency, the joint forces carried out the operation after intelligence information, indicating that the activist was from the Hamas movement in Ramallah, and was planning to carry out the attack.

The young man was arrested near Jerusalem during his arrival to one of the areas to receive a military weapon to carry out the attack, and he was transferred for further investigation.