{"id":5948,"date":"2026-05-17T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:59:00","slug":"israel-powerful-explosion-at-a-state-run-war-industry-facility-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5948","title":{"rendered":"Israel: powerful explosion at a state-run war industry facility (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"692\"> Ishy explosion occurred near the town of <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"561\">Bayt Shemesh<\/strong>, in the greater <strong data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"603\">Jerusalem<\/strong> area, causing concern in the region and mobilizing the relevant Israel authorities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"911\">The incident is reportedly linked to a facility of the state-owned defense industry <strong data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"804\">Tomer<\/strong>, which is active in the development of advanced missile systems and aerospace technologies. <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"ficdig\" data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"953\">Tomer&#8217;s statement on the explosion<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1107\">State-owned <strong data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"983\">Tomer<\/strong> was quick to provide clarification on the incident, claiming the explosion was not due to an accident or attack. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1248\">The company said the explosion &#8220;<strong data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1246\">was controlled and had been coordinated and planned in cooperation with the authorities<\/strong>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1250\" data-end=\"1435\">The statement attempts to calm concerns following the loud bang heard in the area, and so far there are no reports of injuries or damage. <\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"11g3s96\" data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1485\">The weapons systems developed by the company<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1487\" data-end=\"1648\"> <strong data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1498\">Tomer<\/strong> is one of the most important state-owned companies in the Israeli defense industry and is involved in the development of critical weapons systems. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1799\">Among other things, the company develops the <strong data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1718\">Arrow<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1723\" data-end=\"1735\">Barak MX<\/strong> missile systems, and is also active in the manufacture of satellite launchers. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1989\">The explosion was recorded near the company&#8217;s facilities in the vicinity of <strong data-start=\"1878\" data-end=\"1893\">Beit Shemesh<\/strong>, which generated intense interest in both the Israeli and international media.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 WATCH: Close up video of the explosion in Israel https:\/\/t.co\/mLM8cXFVJO pic.twitter.com\/QVjGpl7gZ2<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Donald J Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) May 17, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2275\" data-end=\"2438\">Despite initial concerns, the company&#8217;s official position is that this was a planned process that took place under the control of the relevant authorities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    A powerful explosion occurred near the town of Beit Shemesh, in the greater Jerusalem area, causing concern in the region and mobilizing &#8230;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}