The police announced, Thursday, the arrest of seven Arabs between the ages of 16 and 17.5 on suspicion of involvement in pipe-bomb attacks on the Tomb of biblical matriarch Rachel, between Jerusalem and Bethlehem in recent months.
The explosives caused considerable damage. The arrests were the result of a joint operation of police, Border Guards, the Israel Defense Forces and other security forces. Under interrogation, the teens admitted a large number of incidents of throwing explosives and rocks at the holy site.