Blast from the past: Century-old British ordnance found near Binyamin farm
Recent rains expose century-old unexploded munition near the Island of Quiet farm, a refuge for wounded soldiers and security personnel
Assessment
Heavy rains in the Binyamin region have unearthed a live British artillery shell from roughly a century ago near the Island of Quiet farm, a facility that rehabilitates wounded soldiers and security personnel. The discovery underscores how the physical landscape of Judea and Samaria still holds dormant remnants of the British Mandate period. Local authorities will need to coordinate a safe disposal operation, and the incident may prompt broader surveys of other farms and settlements for similar buried ordnance.