Fish bomb

A fish bomb, also known as a "gelateena", is an improvised bomb which was used during the Libyan civil war. It is constructed using TNT and household materials into a device which can be thrown by hand. Prior to the war they were commonly used by poor fisherman to kill or disable fish in order to catch them easily.
Use in Benghazi
On April 6, 2012, one former and one current U.S. Mission contract guard threw a fish bomb over the wall of the U.S. Mission compound in Benghazi and were arrested by the 17 February Martyrs Brigade which provides U.S. Mission security. Although no embassy employees were injured, there was some limited damage to the interior of the wall. This was the first IED attack on a foreign mission since the civil war.
Later that month on April 10, 2012, similar bomb was tossed at a United Nations convoy, in which the head of the United Nations mission to Libya was riding. No one was hurt in the explosion.
These were among the first terrorist bombings against international targets that would lead up to the Attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi

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