A young Palestinian man who allegedly planned to launch a suicide bomb attack inside Israel was arrested by IDF forces in the Nablus area Friday afternoon.

The Palestinian approached the Beit Iba checkpoint near Nablus carrying an explosives belt hidden in a bag under a pile of clothes.

Military police forces and soldiers of the Haruv battalion manning the checkpoint called the Palestinian to halt for inspection. One of the soldiers opened the bag and saw wires protruding from underneath a pile of clothes.

The soldiers isolated the area and sappers were preparing to blow up the bomb.

Since the beginning of May, several suspected Palestinian youngsters were arrested at checkpoints in the Nablus area carrying explosives and other types of ammunition.