Israeli forces apprehended a Palestinian teen-ager who allegedly planned to carry out a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem boarding school, police officials disclosed Wednesday. The 17-year-old Bethlehem-area resident, who was arrested several weeks ago, admitted to planning to target a boarding school in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.
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