Third Barrel Bomb Found in South Tel Aviv
01 February 2010 , 21:30

After finding explosive barrels in Ashdod and Ashkelon, a third explosive
was found at the Palmachim beach. Security forces neutralized the
explosives.

A third explosive barrel was found this afternoon (Wednesday) at Palmachim
beach on south of Tel Aviv. Police sappers arrived to the spot and
neutralized the barrel, as security forces evacuated the area and closed
down the entire area.

The incident comes two days after two barrels containing explosive devices
washed ashore on beaches in Ashkelon and Ashdod on Monday. On Monday
morning, Israeli civilians reported seeing a suspicious unidentified object
lying on the Barnea beach, a public beach in the coastal city of Ashkelon.
Israeli Police sappers examined the object and found it to be an explosive
device. A similar object was later located at one of the beaches in Ashdod,
another Israeli city farther north on the Israeli Mediterranean coast. The
device was detonated in a controlled manner by the Israeli police.