Israel military plants booby trap explosives near Palestinian village

Mamoun Shtaiwi with a crate of stun grenades (C) with the child who found an explosive device (L) in Qaddum, August 25, 2020.

By Kathryn Shihadah, reposted from If Americans Knew

Ha’aretz reports that a Palestinian child discovered a box full of explosives near his home last week. It was one of at least three such boxes placed there by Israeli soldiers as a “deterrent.”

Last Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers entered the West Bank village of Qaddum around midnight to plant the explosives in the area, which sees a large amount of foot traffic. They were set to explode when touched, and camouflaged with stones and scraps of cloth.

The next day, a seven-year-old boy saw one of the boxes. He explained later, “I wanted to pick it up and play with it.” But his mother and other relatives were suspicious. They picked it up and shook it; it exploded, wounding one of them.

They found another similar box nearby and detonated it from a distance.

Another village resident reports finding a sign nearby, in Hebrew, reading, “Keep away or die; danger of death.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) admitted to placing the stun grenades… (read full story here)

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