Rush hour traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv has been brought to a standstill by authorities after a grenade was found on the road, police say.
“A short time ago, traffic police found a grenade on the side of Route 20,” a terse police statement reads.
Sappers have been dispatched to the scene, and traffic on the highway’s southbound lanes is being blocked, according to police.
The grenade is found near the area of the Rokach Interchange on the northern end of Tel Aviv, the Ynet news site reports.
Hebrew media report heavy traffic in the area. The incident comes at one of the busiest times of day on a highway that is a central artery through the country’s economic heart, compounding congestion woes that are already a daily grind for commuters.
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