IDF soldiers were dispatched on Tuesday to Ad-Dhahiriya in the West Bank after the military received reports that armed suspects were impersonating IDF soldiers and robbing shops in the area.
Army Radio reported that IDF soldiers, Israel Border Police forces, and Israel Police captured two terrorists after a search. Palestinian security forces detained a third suspect.
Israeli forces found and confiscated several different kinds of weapons in the suspects' possession. They were transferred for further investigation by the Israel Police.
Israeli forces arrest three suspects for impersonating IDF soldiers
The three suspects were named as two Israeli citizens and one Palestinian citizen.
Military officials believe the suspects are members of a Bedouin terror cell, Army Radio reported.
The IDF emphasized in a statement that the suspects were not IDF soldiers.