A barrel with an explosive charge was discovered near the waterline of the beach at Ashkelon on Monday. It was neutralized and is being examined in a special police laboratory. Police say the explosive was meant for a terror attack and not criminal-related.
At an improvised news conference, Lt.-Col. Chaim Blumenfeld, Ashkelon Police Station Commander, said that police assume the explosives were meant to reach Gaza. “We see a classic case here of an alert citizen who took the trouble of calling the police and thanks to the fact that he did not touch the bomb we averted an event that could have reached very wide proportions.”