Lod, Israel American Tourists caused quite a bomb scare at Israel's Ben Gurion airport after they declared unexploded ordnance to airport security at luggage drop off. Security officials evacuated and closed off the area.

The shell was reportedly found while visiting the Golan Heights, which Israel captured during the 1967 Six Day War. The Golan was also the site of extensive fighting during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

According to Israel's Airports Authority, one man was hospitalized after injuring himself trying to flee over a baggage carousel. The American travelers were interrogated by airport authorities but were eventually allowed to board their flight.

O'ahu, Hawaii Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, 29, of Oklahoma, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit One, died in a training exercise at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Hawaii. He was participating in the third phase of Marine Corps Reconnaissance Leaders Course, at the time of his death.

The Marine Corps Reconnaissance Leaders Course is an 8-week long training that takes place in multiple locations. During the course, participants go through exercises that focus on planning and leading teams through amphibious, ground reconnaissance and patrolling operations. The third phase includes amphibious operations.

NCIS and local authorities are investigating the death, according to a statement released by the Navy. Fowler commissioned from the Naval Academy in 2018 and started with EOD Mobile Unit One in January 2022.

Lanai, Hawaii Maui Police Department officials responded to a call from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources after personnel located a UXO that had washed onshore at Hulopone Beach Park. An Army EOD team was notified of the find.

Port Talbot, south Wales Friends 'mudlarking' (the process of looking through earth - most typically river mud - for items of value that have been washed up or buried) in the Afan Forest made an explosive discovery when found a UXO item.

The 27-year-old woman described the incident to reporters, "There is a part of the land that has been excavated so I thought there might be some old bottles or something in there. I was looking over the edge when I spotted it. It had white rust on it which is galvanized steel. I was walking towards my partner sort of saying 'look what I've found' when I realized what it was."

She went on to say, when the two suspected that it may be ordnance, the pair informed South Wales Police. The police contacted the bomb squad and experts detonated the device on nearby forestery land.

West Wight Beach, United Kingdom Police were called after a dog walker discovered what appeared to be an ordnance item partially buried in the sand. Once officers arrived, however, the tide had turned and covered the object.

Hampshire Constabulary is working with the Needles Coastguard Rescue Team to monitor the situation. A Royal Navy EOD team from Portsmouth is on standby to identify and safely dispose of the item once the tides make removal possible.

Auckland, New Zealand Potato screening at a New Zealand chip factory led to a bomb squad response after night shift worker Richard Teurukura noticed a strange-looking potato on the conveyor belt. Upon further examination, the suspicious spud turned out to be a grenade.

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Trefriw, North Wales Rental cottage owner Dave Dew is thankful to be rid of one uninvited guest. He was shocked to find a WWII munition in the garden while preparing to build a summerhouse.

Dew frequently finds scrap metal on the property, which was once a blacksmiths, but this was a first. He scraped his spade against something metallic between old tree stumps and immediately called police once he saw what it was.

He also sent a picture of the suspect item which was forwarded to an Army EOD Unit. Two soldiers from Chester responded.

Dew said, "After looking at it, they asked me if I wanted the good news or the bad news first. The good news was that it hadn't gone off, the bad was that it was still live. But was not thought to be life-threatening, which is why no evacuation was ordered."

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Norfolk, England The Coastguard issued a warning after a member of the public found an unexploded WWII bomb on a Norfolk beach. An EOD team from Colchester was called to the scene where a 100-meter cordon was put in place and a controlled explosion conducted.

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Suffolk, Virginia Work crews in the City of Suffolk discovered an old munition just weeks after another ordnance find in the area. Police and Suffolk Fire and Rescue responded after a construction contractor reported finding the item about a half-mile off of the roadway.

Members of the Virginia State Police Bomb Squad were able to safely remove the munition without incident. It was identified as an inert munition round with its origins marked as unknown by the responding bomb squad.

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