Explosive device

UK, France strike ISIS arms storage facility near Palmyra, Syria

Britain and France carried out a joint airstrike on an ISIS-linked underground weapons facility north of Palmyra, with the UK Defense Ministry saying no civilians were at risk.

|ByJAMES GENN
Illustration of ISIS terrorists.
An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Iranian Defense Ministry offers contracts via crypto in attempt to bypass sanctions

Iran’s Defense Ministry export body is offering cryptocurrency payments for military contracts, signaling a new way to bypass sanctions on arms sales.

|ByJAMES GENN
An armoured personnel carrier next to destroyed buildings after Israeli military operations in Gaza City, November 7, 2025.

Reviewing wreckage, cabin size, Reuters estimates IDF explosive APCs held 1 to 3 tons of explosives

When Reuters visited in November, remains of at least one of the vehicles were strewn among large piles of rubble.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025.

IDF, police conduct operation against criminal, terror operatives in Kafr Aqab, northern Jerusalem

IDF and police officers carried out a large operation in Kafr Aqab, seizing weapons and stolen vehicles, arresting suspects, and dispersing violent riots linked to terror and crime groups.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT

North Korea says it defused US Korean War bombs in Pyongyang

Explosives left over from the 1950-1953 Korean War have long been a danger to citizens in both Koreas.

MARCH 10, 2023ByREUTERS
A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022.

US arrests man with explosive device in luggage at Pennsylvania airport

Transportation Security Administration officials located a suspicious item inside the suitcase that appeared to be a live explosive device.

MARCH 2, 2023ByREUTERS
Main terminal at the Lehigh Valley International Airport

Teenager rescued by IDF after entering minefield in Golan Heights

The 17-year-old boy reportedly entered the minefield intentionally and may be suicidal.

JANUARY 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021.

8 indicted in plot to use explosive drones in Jaffa assassination

The plot was thwarted after a foreign citizen noticed the drone carrying the explosive in Jaffa.

JANUARY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank

WATCH: Israeli Defense Ministry clears mines left from Yom Kippur War

The land in Israel's Golan Heights now cleared of landmines from the Yom Kippur War will be used to produce green energy.

JANUARY 18, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Renewable energy wind turbines as seen next to the snowy peaks of Mount Hermon on January 3, 2021.

Elderly French man inserts WWI-era bomb up rectum, causes evacuation - report

Strange objects being inserted into one's body for sexual purposes isn't anything doctors aren't used to, but an artillery shell is nonetheless something nobody saw coming

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
World War I artillery shells (Illustrative).

Tiran kidnapping: 3 Druze IDF soldiers throw explosive at Palestinian house

Ferro was critically injured in a car accident on Wednesday last week near Jenin and was taken to a Palestinian hospital.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers in the West Bank.

Shin Bet thwarts bus bombing by Gazan with work permit

The announcement comes 24 hours after two bombs placed at bus stops in Jerusalem killed a teenager and wounded at least 22 more people.

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Photo of explosive material handed over during the investigation of the Gaza resident suspect, November 24, 2022.

One killed in Iraq's Erbil after vehicle explodes - statement

An explosive device attached to the bottom of the car detonated, killing the driver and injuring two women and two children who were in the car.

OCTOBER 7, 2022ByREUTERS
Lebanese riot police walk near burning fire during a protest against the fall in pound currency and mounting economic hardship, in Beirut, Lebanon

Terrorists place bomb at gas station in Kedumim, no injuries reported

The terrorists left a bag carrying four kilograms of explosives at the gas station in Kedumim.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish Israeli settlers take part in the Faith March, held in memory of Israelis killed in terror attacks, near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, in Samaria, West Bank, on April 25, 2019.