PALESTINIAN WEAPONS-MAKING FACILITIES RAIDED

JERUSALEM Israel has uncovered an illegal Palestinian weapons manufacturing network in the West Bank in one of its largest raids during a months- long crackdown on illicit arms, the military said Tuesday.

Since the start of the year, Israel has seized dozens of weapons, shuttered arms-making factories and arrested weapons dealers in a clampdown in the West Bank meant to quell a spate of Palestinian violence.

The military said that the latest raid overnight found seven weapons factories, 22 weapons- making machines and dozens of arms. Among the seized arms were crude guns based on the Swedish “Carl Gustav” submachine gun.

Since January, Israel has uncovered 29 weapons factories and seized 49 weapons-making machines and more than 300 firearms.