An explosive charge, spotted by passersby at a bus stop in Jerusalem Wednesday, was safely dismantled by police sappers. The device had been planted on Jaffa Road, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Meanwhile, security forces were examining the remains of a Katyusha rocket fired into the Beit Shean Valley ## without causing casualties or damage.
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