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Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Mass panic erupted in Israel’s main airport after an American family attempted to fly with an unexploded shell as a “souvenir” on Thursday. Footage recorded at Ben Gurion Airport’s departure hall showed travellers sprinting for cover and crawling underneath benches to hide from a potential explosion. One man was hospitalised after leaping over a baggage carousel, sustaining injuries. The family had discovered the bomb during a trip to the Golan Heights and packed it for their return journey as a souvenir. Israel clashed with Syria over the Golan during the wars of 1967 and 1973. The bomb was discovered at the airport’s check-in, prompting a mass evacuation of the area. Read the full article here:
