This morning (Wednesday), officers from the Netivot Police Station, part of the Southern District Police, discovered a suspicious bag in an open area near the entrance to the city. The bag bore Arabic writing, and upon inspection, was found to contain an explosive device.<\/p>\n
Equipment Possibly Left Behind by Terrorists on October 7<\/strong> Bomb disposal units from the Southern District Police are currently working to neutralize the device and conduct a full investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Officers from the Netivot Police Station found a suspicious bag with Arabic writing at the city\u2019s entrance. and discovered a bomb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":20535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4614,2619,1857,4615,4612,4393,4616,4263,4613,2515],"class_list":["post-20533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-bomb-disposal","tag-counterterrorism","tag-israel-police","tag-negev-district","tag-netivot","tag-october-7-attack","tag-police-operations","tag-security-forces","tag-southern-district-police","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nA preliminary examination by a police bomb disposal expert indicates that the bag may have been left by terrorists who attempted to infiltrate the city of Netivot during the October 7 attack, but encountered Israeli police and municipal security forces who were working to secure the city perimeter.<\/p>\n