Soldiers found two explosive belts Wednesday in an apartment near Ramallah. They also found Palestinian police uniforms, hundreds of bullets, 10 combat vests, incitement materials, an Islamic Jihad flag and a suicide letter from a terrorist. “The discovery of the belts prevented a large-scale terrorist attack,” the ministry said.
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