Israeli police and bomb-disposal units responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a gas station at the junction of Jerusalem and Oleh Zion streets in Jaffa on Sunday afternoon. After an initial sweep, the alert was lifted; no threat was found.
Israeli police and bomb-disposal units on Sunday afternoon cleared a suspicious vehicle at a gas station at the junction of Jerusalem and Oleh Zion streets in Jaffa, the Israel Police spokesperson said. The alert was lifted after a preliminary sweep; no threat was found. No injuries or damage were reported.
The incident unfolded approximately two minutes after a more serious alert — a suspected booby-trapped car near Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa — prompted police to close roads and halt light-rail service from 14:14 Jerusalem on Sunday. The Zioneer reported that the Bloomfield investigation remained active as of 14:30, with bomb-disposal units on site and no injuries reported. At the time of this dispatch the Zioneer had not yet published an update on the Bloomfield scene's conclusion.
As The Zioneer reported on June 11, police also responded to a suspicious object near a vehicle in Hadera, with bomb-disposal units isolating the scene. Separately, a vehicle fire at a gas station in Eilabun (June 10) and electrical explosions on Jerusalem Boulevard in Tel Aviv (June 24) were handled without casualties.
It remains unclear whether the Jaffa gas-station alert and the Bloomfield investigation were connected or whether they stemmed from separate reports. The Zioneer has not yet received official confirmation of either event's cause.
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