200 pipe bombs and 50 kg of explosives: IDF destroys bomb lab in Tulkarm camp

Following an intelligence indication: IDF forces located and destroyed an explosives preparation laboratory in the Tulkarm camp on Friday.

As part of the operation, the forces located a variety of weapons and materials used to prepare explosive devices in the laboratory:

• Improvised explosive devices, including about 200 pipe bombs
• Fire extinguishers designed to attach cargo to vehicles
• Large gas cylinders with the potential to be used as ventral charges intended to hit armored vehicles
• More than 50 kg of improvised explosives

The explosives prepared in the laboratory were intended to harm IDF forces operating in Judea and Samaria and to be used to carry out terrorist attacks against citizens of the State of Israel.

The laboratory was operating before the IDF began continuous activity in the camps in northern Samaria.

IDF forces have been operating in the area for more than a year, locating ammunition, weapons, and explosive devices that were used by terrorist organizations in the area and posed a threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces.