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Balloon bomb (Merhavim)

Israel Police reported that a lovely cluster of colorful balloons landed in a community in the Merhavim region at around 8:30 pm, together with an improvised explosive device carefully tied to the festive “bouquet.”

The police arrived together with a professional sapper who proceeded to examine and then defuse the bomb that was attached to the balloons.

Merhavim is located north of Netivot and east of Sderot.
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Earlier in the day, a homemade bomb attached to a cluster of balloons landed at Zikim Beach in southern Israel, across the border from northern Gaza.

The bomb squad was called to the scene with Israel Police officers and a sapper carefully defused the device.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.