Israeli forces arrested two schoolmates of a 14-year-old Palestinian would-be suicide bomber. The army did not comment on Thursday’s arrests in Nablus, but security sources said they came as part of efforts to determine which terrorist group dispatched Hussam Abdu on a suicide mission.
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