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Route 90, Jordan Valley, October 18, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 17, 2026, 4:39 pm
IDF says Palestinian child killed in West Bank while playing with unexploded ordnance
Palestinian Red Crescent says 13-year-old killed by ‘mine’; army says ammunition exploded as kids handled it in shooting range, troops treated two others hurt in incident
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Syrian children play on an damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 4:10 pm
Unexploded ordnance in Syria killing children at ‘alarming’ rate, UN warns
Over 100 kids killed or injured in last month, UNICEF reports, as explosives litter country after almost 14 years of civil war; tens of millions of dollars needed to clear them
By AFP
An unexploded shell found along the light rail route under construction in Jerusalem, September 19, 2023. (Israel Police)
September 19, 2023, 2:26 pm
2 unexploded shells found during Jerusalem light rail construction
Origin of decades-old 90-millimeter mortars unclear; capital most recently scene of battle during 1967 Six Day War, 1948 Independence War
By Michael Horovitz
A view of Lublin, Poland. (YouTube screenshot)
August 12, 2023, 5:50 am
Thousands evacuated after builder uncovers a WWII bomb in a Polish town
Some 14,000 moved out in Lublin to allow military experts to take away unexploded ordnance
By AP
Hundreds of pieces of ordnance that were abandoned in a Syrian bunker following the 1967 Six Day War are detonated in a controlled explosion on January 2, 2021. (Defense Ministry)
January 2, 2022, 2:39 pm
Defense Ministry detonates Syrian munitions from decades-old Golan Heights bunker
National mine-clearing organization found the various bombs in an underground bunker in November, decided to blow them up for safety instead of moving them
By Judah Ari Gross
Firefighters, police officers and railway employees stand on a railway site in Munich, Germany, December 1, 2021. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
December 1, 2021, 4:43 pm
World War II-era bomb explodes in Munich, wounding four
German authorities say one of those hurt is in serious condition; blast disrupts train service at busy station
By AP
An explosive shell dating back to World War I uncovered at a building site in Ganei Tikva in central Israel, November 15, 2021. (Israel Police)
November 15, 2021, 8:18 pm
Unexploded World War I-era shell discovered at building site in central Israel
British munition said to have contained ‘active explosives’ detonated by police sappers in controlled explosion
By ToI Staff
The area of Jaffa Port where a missile was discovered, September 30, 2021 (Israel Police)
September 30, 2021, 2:19 pm
Diver finds missile under the water near Jaffa Port
Police seal off area as sappers called in
By ToI Staff
A handout photo from police shows an unexploded bazooka round discovered at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on August 1, 2021. (Israel Police)
August 1, 2021, 5:11 pm
Unexploded bazookas found at site of Six Day War battle in Jerusalem
Police sappers safely remove pair of shells likely used by Jordanian forces during some of the fiercest fighting of 1967 conflict
By Emanuel Fabian
Controlled detonation of a WWII bomb in Exeter, England on February 28, 2021 (Screenshot: Drone Team/Twitter)
March 1, 2021, 3:49 pm
Unexploded 1,000-kilogram WWII bomb is detonated in England
Authorities evacuate thousands of people in Exeter near Nazi ‘Hermann’ bomb; massive explosion heard kilometers away
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of Israeli soldiers take part in a training drill in Baf Lachish army base in southern Israel, December 20, 2016. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)
February 3, 2020, 8:50 am
4 soldiers injured during drill as bonfire sets off unexploded mortar shell
Golani Brigade troops suffer mild injuries, are taken to hospital
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
A big crater is pictured on a corn field after a bomb from World War II exploded in Halbach, Germany, June 24, 2019. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)
June 24, 2019, 7:29 pm
Crater in German field apparently caused by WWII bomb
Residents near Limburg report hearing overnight blast, which caused no casualties
By Agencies
This picture taken during the night of May 23, 2018, shows a burning spot (C) on the site in Dresden, eastern Germany, where a World War II bomb was found and defused. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Marco Klinger / Germany OUT)
May 24, 2018, 7:38 pm
WWII bomb defused in Dresden after mass evacuation, fire
Nearly 9,000 people evacuated, including occupants of hospital and two elderly care homes, after corroded aerial bomb discovered during construction work
By AFP
Photo provided by Berlin police Friday, April 20, 2018 shows the bomb squad of the state police Berlin posing behind a bomb from WWII that was found in central Berlin and is planned to be defused on Friday. (Polizei Berlin via AP)
April 21, 2018, 1:00 am
WWII bomb defused in Berlin after large evacuation in city center
Authorities shut down main train station, clear thousands of people from area as they treat unexploded ordnance found during recent construction work
By David Rising
Illustrative: Dieter Schwetzler, right, and Rene Bennert of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Division stand behind a World War II bomb they defused in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas Lohnes)
April 20, 2018, 9:49 am
WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin
Authorities declare exclusion zone with 800-meter radius around the site, just north of a major transport hub
By Frank Zeller
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