Border Police officers arrested in the West Bank on Sunday a suspect who planned to carry out an attack against a security officer in the area, the police said.
The 37-year-old woman, who arrived at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron with her two children, was found with a knife in her possession.
According to the police, during the search, the woman stated she was the wife of a Hamas operative currently in Israeli prison and that she had planned to attack a specific security officer.
The woman was arrested and transferred to the police for further examination.