Security forces in Bnei Brak concluded Monday morning that a suspected explosive device was actually a mobile phone wrapped in electrical tape, found on an empty bus. The alert was lifted after a bomb squad investigation, according to Israeli media reports.
A security alert in Bnei Brak was resolved Monday morning after a suspected explosive device found on an empty bus was identified as a mobile phone wrapped in electrical tape. The bomb squad cleared the scene shortly after 10:23 Jerusalem time, when police initially reported the object as a threat. By 10:38, authorities confirmed there was no danger, according to Israeli media reports.
This was the third update in a fast-moving thread. At 10:23 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported that police and bomb disposal units were probing a suspected device on a bus on Kehilot Yaakov Street. Minutes later, the same report noted that the area had been cordoned off. By the next update, also at 10:23, police declared the scene clear, though the nature of the object was not immediately stated. The current dispatch provides the final detail: the object was a phone wrapped in tape.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, a similar false alarm occurred in Jaffa, where a suspicious object was also cleared by bomb squads. That incident was resolved without incident.
No further details on the phone's ownership or the circumstances of its discovery have been released. Neither police nor Magen David Adom have issued new statements since the clearing was confirmed.
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