Hikers find Iranian missile in desert

IDF says location of missile known although no action taken to prevent civilians from approaching the projectile; similar missile fragment found in Dead Sea collected by military, disabled and exhibited to press
Israeli hikers came across an Iranian missile, on a hiking trail in the desert late on Tuesday, one of the hundreds of missiles fired at Israel by Iran earlier this month.
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טיל איראני שנמצא באזור ערד
טיל איראני שנמצא באזור ערד
Hikers come across Iranian missile in the desert
(צילום: אלון זילברמן)
The IDF Homefront Command said they were aware of the missile but did nothing to prevent civilians from reaching it, nearly a fortnight after it penetrated air defenses and landed in the desert.
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דניאל הגרי בסיס צבאי ג'וליס טיל איראני איראן יירוט תקיפה איראנית
דניאל הגרי בסיס צבאי ג'וליס טיל איראני איראן יירוט תקיפה איראנית
Military spokesperson Daniel Hagari shows fragment of an Iranian missile to foreign journalists last week
(Photo: Tsafrir Abayov / AP)
Earlier, another missile that had landed on the shores of the Dead Sea, was collected by the military's Engineering Corps, and dismantled before being put on display for foreign media outlets.
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