(AP-New York Times) Israel has seized dozens of weapons, shuttered arms-making factories and arrested weapons dealers in the West Bank, IDF Col. Roman Gofman, a brigade commander, said Tuesday. Gofman noted an increasing amount of Palestinian attacks using guns. He said 200 guns had been seized since the start of the year and 16 factories for weapons had been closed. The crackdown has raised gun prices, Gofman said. A gun based on the Swedish "Carl Gustav" submachine gun that cost $500 a few months ago now costs upward of $2,500, he said.
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