Dozens of Weapons Found Hidden in Cemetery in Northern Israel

By יהל פרג'

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Police in northern Israel uncovered dozens of weapons and explosives hidden in a pit within a cemetery in Zarzir on Tuesday. The cache included military explosives, dozens of projectiles, and numerous loaded magazines. This discovery is part of a broader police crackdown on illegal weapons held by crime organizations in the region, following a similar seizure near Rama.

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Dozens of weapons and explosives were found hidden in a cemetery in Zarzir, northern Israel.
The cache included military explosives, dozens of projectiles, and loaded magazines.
Police believe the weapons originated from the military.
The discovery is part of a police operation against illegal weapons held by crime organizations.
A similar large weapons and drugs cache was found near Rama on Monday.

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Police discovered a cache of dozens of weapons, ammunition, and explosives hidden in a pit inside a cemetery in the village of Zarzir in northern Israel on Tuesday. Northern District Police and Border Police forces raided the site, uncovering the buried weapons.

The discovered items included military explosive charges, several detonators, dozens of 40mm explosive projectiles, a belt of ammunition for a MAG machine gun, 13 loaded M16 magazines, bottles containing 5.56mm ammunition, and a large quantity of 7.62mm ammunition.

Authorities stated that the weapons were hidden in a location used as a hideout within the cemetery. Police believe the weapons originated from the military.

This seizure follows a similar operation on Monday near the village of Rama, where police uncovered a cache of 12 weapons, explosives, and drugs valued at millions of shekels, which police attributed to the Abu Latif crime organization.

Both operations are part of an ongoing police effort to combat the illegal possession of weapons by crime organizations in northern Israel. No arrests were reported in connection with the Zarzir discovery.