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Last update - 01:31 10/06/2008 Palestinian caught with pipe bombs at W. Bank checkpoint By Yuval Azoulay A Palestinian youth was caught at a West Bank checkpoint carrying six pipe bombs and a magazine on Sunday. The youth, 18, arrived at the Hawara checkpoint from Nablus carrying a bag. Soldiers at the checkpoint told him to put the bag in the screening device, where the bombs and magazine were discovered. Advertisement "He looked tense and his behavior was suspicious when he put the bag into the screening device," said Corporal Ron Bezalel, who conducted the security check. "He kept moving and now one can understand why. I have no doubt that he knew he was carrying the explosives," he said. The soldiers closed off the area and sappers were called in to detonate the bombs. The Palestinian was taken to the Shin Bet security service for interrogation. This is the second time in the past month that a youngster tried to smuggle explosives into Israel through the Hawara checkpoint. In mid-May a youth was caught and arrested as he tried to carry several pipe bombs through the checkpoint. On Sunday a salvo of Qassam rockets was fired at Moshav Yesha in the western Negev, injuring one man lightly. Shortly afterward, Israeli infantry and armored troops entered the area from which the rockets had been launched. The soldiers searched the area and found four launchers, one of them loaded with a rocket set to be fired. The troops destroyed the rocket and took the launchers with them to Israel. Three mortar shells were fired at Israel yesterday from the northern Gaza Strip. No one was hurt and no damage was done. During the weekend, the IDF removed 10 roadblocks made of earth mounds in the West Bank to allow Palestinians to move between towns and villages. Two of the roadblocks were removed in the Qalqiliyah area, following a significant decline in incidents of stone throwing at Israeli vehicles in the past month. Military authorities attribute the decline to the attempts of Palestinian police to stop the incidents of stone throwing in Qalqilyah and nearby villages. The police have punished the rioters. At the same time schools in the area have been lecturing the children against throwing stones. IDF sources said that some 80 mounds of earth have been removed from West Bank roads, as part of the easing of conditions among Palestinians that Defense Minister Ehud Barak had promised U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the past. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Marketing ploy Israeli satellite TV has a new star - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Through her lens Madonna's next project: documentary about the Israeli-Arab conflict.

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