Suspicious object found and neutralized near Qalandiya crossing

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Security forces were dispatched last night to the Qalandiya crossing following a report of a suspicious object. On site, a bag was found containing a gas cylinder to which electrical wires were connected, with the object wrapped in a plastic bag and duct tape, in a manner that appeared to be an explosive device. Border Police sappers from Judea and Samaria examined the suspicious object, and it was then neutralized.

According to Israel Hayom, at the conclusion of the examination it emerged that the object was a dummy device that did not contain explosive material. Binyamin station police in the Samaria District opened an investigation into the incident.