A Purim Miracle: Bomb Fails to Explode at Betar Illit Megillah Reading
Police concluded Friday their initial investigation of the attempted terrorist attack on a bus entering the city of Betar Illit Thursday evening. where the local Chabad Shluchim had for the first time erected a tent to read Megillah at all times of the day on Purim • Full Story, Photos
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Police concluded Friday their initial investigation of the attempted terrorist attack on a bus entering the city of Betar Illit Thursday evening.
The investigation revealed that the terrorist placed the explosive device on the bus in order to explode it and cause numerous casualties on the bus. The terrorist descended from the bus in order to remotely activate the device. However the device miraculously failed to explode. Passengers saw smoke emerging from the bag and summoned security forces.
Bomb disposal experts neutralized the device and police conducted searches for the terrorist, who had been caught in security cameras as he left the bus. Eventually police determined that the terrorist had fled the town.
Chabad Chasidim were amazed to discover that the place where the explosive device malfunctioned was the exact spot – on Yochanan Ben Zakai street – where the local Chabad Shluchim had for the first time erected a tent to read Megillah at all times of the day on Purim. The emissaries said that the Megillah was read during the night until 3:15 AM and during the day until sunset for over 1500 people and that this merit served as a protection for the city’s residents when the explosive device failed to explode at that spot.
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