Border cops cheer thwarted ‘infiltration’ of 56 West Bank men, women and children with swimming gear.

Axar.az reports citing Timesofisrael that Guards at the az-Za’ayyem checkpoint east of Jerusalem said they flagged down the private bus for a security check after deeming it suspicious. The bus driver, who is a resident of East Jerusalem, and the passengers, among whom were numerous children, were detained for questioning at the crossing.

“The troops who stopped the bus for a check were surprised to find that all of its passengers, 56 children, women, and men, didn’t have permits at all to enter Israeli territory,” a statement from the Border Police said, adding that the Palestinians were residents of the West Bank city of Ramallah and its surrounding villages.

“In a search of the bus, items of clothing and other effects were located that strengthen the suspicion that it was a group making its way to one of the beaches in Israel,” police said.