Behind the toilet: cache of weapons and fragmentation grenade uncovered in a home in Rahat

Yoav Unit fighters located a cache of weapons and a fragmentation grenade hidden in a toilet shaft in a home in Rahat. Two M-16 rifles, ammunition, and forged license plates were seized. Two residents were arrested.

Yoav Unit fighters located a cache of weapons and a fragmentation grenade hidden in a toilet shaft in a residential home in Rahat. During the operation, two M-16 rifles, a fragmentation grenade wrapped in plastic wrap, magazines with 5.56mm bullets, ammunition for a MAG machine gun in 7.62mm caliber, 9mm bullets, a weapon cleaning kit, and two license plates suspected of being forged were seized. Two residents of the city were arrested and transferred for questioning. The raid was conducted as part of an intensified activity by the Southern District and the Border Police in Rahat, aimed at preventing shootings and violence and locating illegal weapons. Yesterday, Mayor Talal Al-Qarnawi appealed to the Police Commissioner and warned of a deterioration in personal security and ongoing shootings near residential homes and educational institutions.