Just days before dozens of world leaders are expected to gather in Jerusalem, a cluster of explosive balloons landed close the capital and were dismantled by Israel Police bomb disposal experts.
The incident on Monday, in the area of Mesilat Tzion near the city of Beit Shemesh, caused no damage or injuries and comes after several other clusters landed in communities in southern Israel over the weekend.
On Sunday the Israeli military fired a shell towards a Hamas post along the Gaza border fence in response to the launching of an explosive balloon cluster which had detonated over the college town of Sderot which had been launched from the blockaded coastal enclave.
On Saturday a cluster of incendiary balloons were found in Sderot and on Friday several balloons with explosive devices attached to them were found along Ashdod’s promenade. The beaches were closed off by the police until the sappers had dismantled the devices to prevent danger to the public.
On Thursday two clusters of explosives were launched from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel, with one detonating soon after it landed. There were no injuries or damage caused. Police sappers were called to a residential neighborhood in Sderot on Wednesday after a cluster of suspicious balloons were also found.
Over the past two years, Gazans have launched countless explosive and incendiary aerial devices into southern Israel including kites, balloons and condoms, landing on major highways, on trees, and even in playgrounds or private yards and burning tens of thousands of dunams.
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