Two explosive devices weighing 1.5 kilos each (about 3.3 pounds) were found by IDF soldiers Saturday during a routine search of a Palestinian teen’s belongings at the Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus in the West Bank.

Border Guard sappers dispatched to the scene conducted a controlled-detonation of the devices, and the 16-year-old Palestinian was taken in for interrogation by Israeli security forces.

It remains unclear whether the teen was supposed to transfer the devices to someone else or carry out a terror attack on his own.

Palestinian sources said he is a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s armed wing...