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Police destroy third 'barrel bomb' washed ashore south of Tel Aviv
By Yuval Azoulay and Anshel Pfeffer
Tags: Israel news, barrel bombs 
Two barrels found earlier this week were packed with TNT and rigged for detonation by cellphone.
 

Police on Wednesday said they had destroyed the third explosive device washed ashore in Israel this week.

Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion at Palmachim beach, some 10 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, police said.

Two barrels packed with explosive charges were picked up on Israeli beaches at Ashkelon and Ashdod on Monday. Two more are believed to have exploded on the shores of the Gaza Strip.
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Each was of a similar size, containing between 15kg and 20kg of TNT explosives and designed to be detonated by a signal from a cellular telephone, a senior navy official told Haaretz on Tuesday night.

The barrels were probably launched from Palestinian fishing vessels, the official said, adding that it was likely more explosives would be found in the coming days.

On Monday the Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad reportedly claimed reponsibility for dispatching the first two bombs.

During Tuesday night Israel launched air strikes against several buildings in Gaza and smuggling tunnels beneath Egypt's border with the strip, as a response to both the launch of the barrel bombs and to rockets fired at Israel from within the Hamas-controlled territory.

Late on Wednesday afternoon Army Radio reported that two more objects resembling the earlier barrel bombs had been spotted floating off Netanya.
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  1.   ISRAEL, DO NOT STOP!! 15:43  |  Dan 03/02/10
  2.   probably 15:51  |  DanLondon 03/02/10
  3.   Not aimed at civilians of course..... 15:56  |  Geoff 03/02/10
  4.   Cell phone activated 16:24  |  Arnold 03/02/10
  5.   Cast lead - not aimed at civilians of course. 17:14  |  Rudy 03/02/10
  6.   Are we in for another round? 17:33  |  Yonatan 03/02/10
  7.   Hamas is commiting another crime against to the universe 18:03  |  Aby 03/02/10
  8.   barrel bomb 18:06  |  zoe 03/02/10
  9.   INTERNATIONAL LAW 19:44  |  TOBIA 03/02/10
  10.   IS Goldstone "shocked".at the potential carnage? 21:21  |  PETER SM 03/02/10
  11.   Gaza fishing fleet,cellphone sites now lawful military targets 21:56  |  Dr. L. Brnd 03/02/10
  12.   Palestian Civilians 22:01  |  Russ 03/02/10
  13.   Arnold, dont show your ignorance, there are methods 23:33  |  Emanuel 03/02/10
  14.   Palestinian fishing vessels now legitimate military targets! 01:03  |  Realist 04/02/10
  15.   Strong Tides 01:31  |  Natallie Durson 04/02/10
  16.   #5 rudy 01:35  |  larry from delaware 04/02/10
  17.   Hamas M.O. 04:51  |  utagawa 04/02/10
  18.   Excellent! 05:51  |  Mark Lincoln 04/02/10
  19.   International Law - Tobias 05:53  |  Mark Lincoln 04/02/10
  20.   Israel`s MO - utagawa 05:56  |  Mark Lincoln 04/02/10
  21.   Police destroy third "barrel bomb" 16:07  |  Steve 04/02/10
  22.   Anyone bothered to check which way the current flows? 16:15  |  CJ 04/02/10
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