Israeli Youth Arrested on Suspicion of Pledging Allegiance to Islamic State

A member of the Emergency Response Division holds an Islamic State militants flag in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo.

i24 News – A 17-year-old Israeli minor, a resident of Jisr az-Zarqa, was arrested on suspicion of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group and planning to carry out a bombing attack in the central Sharon region, according to the Israel Police on Sunday.

Law enforcement found in his possession documents explaining how to produce explosives.