Also this morning (Monday), Jerusalem District Police saboteurs were called to Ammunition Hill, where 6 old bazooka bombs from the Six-Day War were discovered during infrastructure work being carried out as part of the construction of the light rail line.
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The police sappers worked for many hours, using their extensive knowledge, but first and foremost - with great caution, and professional abilities and dedicated means at their disposal, to expose and locate the explosives, which pose a great risk due to their condition over the decades, their careful collection and their destruction in a safe place. According to the assessment, these 'bazooka' shells, which were manufactured in December 1956, were used by the Jordanian army during the fierce battles at the site in June 1967 - during the Six-Day War when IDF forces broke through and regained the Israeli forces' grip on the site, which had been a dominant position from the Jordanian Legion. In the afternoon, the police sappers finished their work, after the items were destroyed. [Gallery]