Border Police troops operating in the West Bank on Thursday night arrested six Palestinians suspected of systematically sabotaging the security fence near the Har Homa neighborhood in southeast Jerusalem.
The six, all residents of Bethlehem, were arrested following a Border Police investigation into several vandalism incidents near the fence in recent weeks.
The damage caused to the fence is estimated at some 100,000 shekels ($28,000).
The six were arrested after intelligence gathered by the Border Police and the military concluded that the sabotage was the work of an organized cell.
Investigators said the suspects were affiliated with Hamas. They are also suspected of being involved in other terrorist activities.
According to the Border Police, troops seized weapons and explosives during a search of one of the suspects' homes.
