Explosive Devices Located Today on Israeli Public Beaches
01 February 2010 , 21:44
Three Days Ago, Palestinian Terrorist Organizations Claimed Responsibility for Maritime Explosive Devices

On January 29th, a number of Palestinian terrorist organizations claimed responsibility for a maritime terrorist attack following the detonation of two sea-born explosive devices at a distance of approximately two Kilometers off the coast of the Gaza Strip.

This morning, February 1st, 2010, Israeli civilians reported seeing a suspicious unidentified object lying on the Barnea beach, a public beach in the coastal city of Ashkelon. Israeli Police sappers examined the object and found it to be an explosive device. A similar object was later located at one of the beaches in Ashdod, another Israeli city farther north on the Israeli Mediterranean coast. The devices were detonated in a controlled manner by the Israeli police.

The terrorist organizations who took responsibility for the original attack are the Fatah military wing, known as "Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades", the Popular Resistance Committees military wing, known as "Saladin Brigades" and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad military wing, known as the"Al-Quds Brigades".

Israeli security forces, including the Israel Navy, are taking all measures required to protect the citizens of Israel from threats of this kind.