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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 6, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Bomb attached to balloon, likely launched from Gaza, found in Arad
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say an explosive device attached to a balloon has been found in an industrial zone in the southern city of Arad.
בלון אליו מחובר פריט חשוד אותר באזור התעשייה בערד. בבדיקת חבלן משטרה עלה כי מדובר במטען חבלה בעל מנגנון השהייה והוא נוטרל pic.twitter.com/007kBMkEse
— משטרת ישראל (@IL_police) August 6, 2020
Police say a sapper inspected the suspicious object and concluded it is a time bomb, which was then neutralized.
Attaching incendiary devices to balloons has been a popular tactic for terror groups in the Gaza Strip for the past two years, but has been rarely used lately.
However, reports suggest many such devices were sent over the border fence today, since four wildfires broke out today in the Eshkol region near Gaza.
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