Transportation Security Administration officials located a suspicious item inside the suitcase that appeared to be a live explosive device.
The 17-year-old boy reportedly entered the minefield intentionally and may be suicidal.
The plot was thwarted after a foreign citizen noticed the drone carrying the explosive in Jaffa.
The land in Israel's Golan Heights now cleared of landmines from the Yom Kippur War will be used to produce green energy.