The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Israel Police on Thursday said they thwarted a planned terrorist car-ramming attack.
The suspect, a Hamas-affiliated resident of Kafr Kanna, near Nazareth, was detained for questioning in February on suspicion of committing security offenses, they said in a statement.
During his detention, security authorities discovered he had written a will and was in possession of Hamas instruction manuals for how to carry out attacks. They also found out that he had planned to carry out a car-ramming attack.
An indictment was expected to be filed against the suspect on Thursday, the statement said.
Terror risks in the north of Israel
One man was killed and several people were wounded in a terrorist attack in Haifa on March 3, and 13 pedestrians were wounded in a terrorist ramming and stabbing attack in Pardes Hanna-Karkur on February 27.