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Israeli Druze trained Syrians to remove landmines

Posted on April 2, 2023

Part of Syria is free of ISIS and Iranian influence but landmines prevent it returning to agricultural use. On Zoom, Israeli Druze Majd Thabet teaches Syrian civilians including how to build robots that pinpoint landmines for removal. Very positive video … Continue reading →

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Landmines cleared at baptism site

Posted on January 24, 2021

After two years of work, the Franciscan St John the Baptist chapel beside the River Jordan in Israel is landmine free. Christians are again able to pray at the site, abandoned 54 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7loQbXhTPts

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Locating landmines by detecting bacteria

Posted on October 19, 2020

Israel has developed some unique innovative methods for finding deadly unexploded landmines (see here). Now, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have engineered a strain of E. coli bacteria that, a few hours after scattering over a minefield, will glow brightly … Continue reading →

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Using AI to remove landmines

Posted on September 8, 2019

Landmine clearance cost $770 million globally in 2017, yet mines killed some 2,800 people with thousands more injured. Now, Israeli startup 4M Analytics provides a “minefields location intelligence solution” that slashes costs and timescales. It has even detected mines in … Continue reading →

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Robot to clear landmines

Posted on May 25, 2014

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has presented SAHAR – an autonomous robotic route clearance system. The system handles functions such as environmental terrain mapping, surveillance, removal of roadblocks, and disposal of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=2909 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KayKf7Rbn9c

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IDF clears Jordanian landmines

Posted on May 12, 2013

An Israeli specialist mine removal team has cleared dozens of landmines planted by the Jordanian army in 1967 outside the Arab village of Husan near Bethlehem. The Arab Council supported the project and visited the site each day. The mines … Continue reading →

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Israel destroys landmines

Posted on March 10, 2013

Israel has begun a project to rid the area of Eilat of over 10,000 defensive landmines placed near the city in clearly marked minefields during the sixties and seventies. The recovered land will be returned to the city for use … Continue reading →

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Landmine-detecting bacteria

Posted on October 22, 2023

Hebrew University scientists developed bacteria 3 years ago (see here previously) that illuminated when spread over a minefield. Israel’s Enzymit (see here previously) has now commercialized the technology, comprising tiny pellet-sized biosensors. Drones photograph the luminescence. https://www.israel21c.org/using-e-coli-bacteria-to-detect-deadly-landmines-safely/

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