One Incident After Another: Grenade Chaos in Israel Continues Today

One incident after another: the grenade chaos in Israel continues today. Three grenades were thrown in the Gush Dan area, as well as one in Hadera. In two cases in Tel Aviv, these are scenes that have already seen similar incidents in the past, at exactly the same addresses, indicating a recurring pattern and serving as a threatening message to criminal elements, while also terrorizing luxury tower residents and entire neighborhoods. It started early in the morning, when a fragmentation grenade exploded near a residential building on Tzvi Tadmor Street in Holon. Police forces from the Ayalon district of the Tel Aviv area, including a police sapper, were called to the scene and began collecting evidence as the sapper gathered the grenade remnants and transferred them for further forensic processing in the police's bomb and forensic identification laboratories. Meanwhile, damage was identified at the scene, but no casualties were found. The building's residents appear to be normative, as defined by the police, so it is still unclear who was the intended target of the threatening message. A preliminary examination indicates that it was a standard IDF fragmentation grenade, and it is not the only one that criminal elements used during the night. The same occurred at 28 Shai Agnon Street in northern Tel Aviv, where residents found a standard IDF fragmentation grenade at the building entrance that had not yet exploded, and only by a miracle were residents of that luxury building not harmed. Police forces, including a sapper, arrived at the scene, and while officers closed off the area and took testimonies, the sapper neutralized the grenade, which was also transferred for further forensic processing. Police investigators collected evidence, dismantled security cameras, and continued the investigation to trace suspects. It is noted that last month, Maariv exposed two additional cases where fragmentation grenades were thrown at the exact same address, indicating a hot zone and a significant criminal conflict with one of the residents of that building. A third incident in Tel Aviv occurred at a luxury tower in Ramat Aviv Gimel, where a standard IDF stun grenade was found in the building's courtyard before it exploded. Police from the Yarkon district, including a sapper, were dispatched to the scene, and while the sapper neutralized the grenade, officers took testimonies, collected evidence, and dismantled security cameras to trace the details and find suspects. This scene also saw serious incidents last month, and they are under investigation by the central unit of the Tel Aviv district. A senior police official told Maariv: "Point an accusing finger at the IDF authorities for the incessant leakage of standard IDF grenades from IDF bases. You need to understand that a fragmentation grenade is sold outside today for about 2,000 shekels, and to throw it, you need to pay a similar amount to an 18- or 19-year-old hired gun, or even two hired guns if necessary, leading to a situation where for a sum between 4,000 and 6,000 shekels, you can create such chaos in an entire neighborhood, and ultimately it's small money aimed at bringing in the big money. Senior criminals can use this frequently, and as long as there is the leakage of grenades from IDF bases, it will be hard to prevent it." Another incident occurred this morning in Hadera near a gas station, where a fragmentation grenade that did not explode was found on the door leading to several businesses in the complex. Large police forces, including a sapper, were called to the scene, who neutralized the grenade and transferred it for further evidence processing and then for destruction. The investigation is now ongoing on the intelligence level, as this is a criminal incident.