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Monday, January 20, 2020
Balloons attached to explosives, Palestinian flag found near Beit Shemesh
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBalloons attached to an explosive device are found by residents of Mesilat Zion, a community near Beit Shemesh in the Jerusalem area, police say.
Hebrew-language media reports that the device was also attached to a small Palestinian flag.
A police sapper is called to the scene in the community and neutralizes the incendiary device.
An investigation is ongoing as to where the device was launched from, although the obvious scenario is that they were sent from the Gaza Strip, where countless such objects have been launched over the past two years, including several over the past week.
צרור הבלונים החשוד שאותר ליד מסילת ציון. מטען נפץ קטן ודגל פלסטין מבצבץ. נוטרל על ידי חבלן המשטרה ללא נזק או נפגעים. pic.twitter.com/tkyUpd0Wj6
— יובל שגב | Yuval Segev (@Segev_Yuval) January 20, 2020
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