Incendiary balloons located in Jerusalem
After civilian finds and hands over to the police cluster of suspicious objects found in Ein Karem, security forces call upon public to avoid any contact with flammable balloons; sappers neutralize balloons; neither casualties nor damage reported.
Following the incident, the police called upon the public to avoid from touching the suspicious objects, and immediately report them to the police emergency line.
Police sappers were called to the scene to neutralize the balloons and searched the area.
The police stressed that strict precautions are required when dealing with incendiary balloons, urging civilians to avoid al contact with the object, which can contains explosives and inflammatory materials endangering public safety.
"Citizens coming across suspicious objects must immediately report them to the police emergency line. Handling the balloons is under the sole responsibility of the police sappers," the police said.
Meanwhile, the Palestinians released footage showing incendiary balloons flown from the Gaza Strip into Israel during Friday's weekly security fence riots.
The balloon—which was said to be the biggest launched into Israel so far—had the caption: "If we are to suffer, we will not suffer alone."
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who attended the violent demonstrations on the border fence, said, "The willpower and determination of our people during the "March of Return" protests have defeated the crimes of the occupation.
"The Shahids' (martyrs) blood brings us closer to achieve victory over the Zionist enemy. Our marches are not meant to gain money or fuel. We have the right to break the siege (imposed on Gaza) and live with dignity," Haniyeh asserted.
"The marches will not cease until the siege over Gaza is completely lifted," he stated.
Furthermore, a balloon attached to an explosive device was located Saturday morning in the Eshkol Regional Council.
The device was hidden in a carton shaped in the image of the Dome of the Rock, and was found by Eshkol's military security coordinator.
Later, an additional suspicious balloon was located in Kibbutz Zikim. Both of the balloons were neutralized by police sappers.
On Friday, an incendiary balloon, with Arabic inscription, was found Friday on the side of the road on Sprinzak Street in the central city of Rishon LeZion.
The device was neutralized by police sappers without causing any damage. This is the fifth such balloon to land in the Shfela region this week.
Two and a half weeks ago, an incendiary balloon was located in a parking lot of Jerusalem's Malha Mall, and a day later a suspicious balloons was found in Kibbutz Tzurim in Gush Etzion.
In July, a balloon rigged with flammable material landed in the backyard of a home in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, but security forces could not immediately confirm that it was terror-related.
The balloon did not set on fire and sappers who were called to the scene took it for inspection to examine the flammable object.
Four children in the family home spotted the balloon which was carrying a linen cloth and an incense stick.
