shrapnel

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The national railway company said in a statement posted online that shrapnel caused damage to platforms at Tel Aviv's main station, announcing that trains were "temporarily suspended across the country".

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The type of shrapnel bomb was "specific to IS attacks", the statement said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Hadeel Sinzawi, 22, said she has been waiting for a medical evacuation for a year and a half to treat a shrapnel injury she sustained during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Doctors were unable to remove some of the shrapnel from his skull and he “will have to live with metal pieces there for the rest of my life,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan