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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
IDF says mock explosive device made of plastic discovered near West Bank settlement overnight
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
The IDF says a suspicious object that was discovered last night near Kibbutz Migdal Oz in the West Bank was a mock explosive device made of plastic.
The military says that security forces located the object, which contained no explosives, and destroyed it in a controlled manner.
Images circulating on social media show what appears to be a sewer pipe with a propeller attached to the end, and which Hebrew media outlets describe as a “dummy explosive device.”
The IDF emphasizes that, contrary to some reports, the object was not a missile.
אמש, התגלה חפץ חשוד באזור מגדל עוז שבחטיבת עציון.
כוחות הביטחון איתרו את החפץ והשמידו אותו באופן מבוקר.
בניגוד לדיווחים, לא מדובר בטיל אלא בחפץ העשוי מפלסטיק ללא חומר נפץ כלל pic.twitter.com/fSnphA4I01— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 26, 2025
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