The Israeli border guards claimed that they thwarted, on Friday evening, an apparent attempt to carry out an attack against a group of settlers inside a water spring near Ramallah.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the attack was to take place at the "Ma'ayan Dany" spring, near the Dolev settlement near Ramallah.

He claimed that he was in possession of a Palestinian who was arrested at the scene, after being chased, with a homemade explosive device and gunpowder explosive.

He pointed out that the detainee is from the village of Kafr Nima.