We're riding home on a Friday afternoon (today) after shopping at the Machane Yehuda Shuk, and the Egged bus driver is taking every advantage of the light traffic, hurtling down Derech Khevron (Hebron Street) at top speed toward Talpiot/Arnona. Suddenly, all traffic comes to an abrupt stop, and we are stuck. After some minutes, bus passengers start to crane their necks to see what's happening and it becomes obvious. This isn't a normal traffic jam; everything (buses, cars and pedestrians) have stopped because someone has reported a Khefetz Khashud. The army and police have blocked the road and employ a remote-controlled device to manipulate and examine the object. We're too far away to see exactly what the object is, but 25 minutes later (after we'd exited the bus and then gotten back on), the traffic begins to move and its over. All Clear.
Shabbat Shalom!
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