Around 20 wounded as explosion hits north Israel school expedition: Officials
Police said unexploded ordnance likely caused the blast, and emergency crews treated 20 casualties, including three in serious condition.
- On Monday, October 12, 2026, a suspected unexploded Hezbollah cluster munition detonated during an ORT Ma'alot Yeshiva High School field trip near the Israel-Lebanon border, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 24 others.
- Israeli police reported the device was likely a cluster munition from prior fighting, potentially detonating after a student handled it; Magen David Adom paramedics and military helicopters evacuated the injured to northern hospitals.
- Upper Galilee Regional Council head Asaf Langleben demanded the Israel Defense Forces conduct thorough searches to prevent future incidents, though he stated hiking activities would continue. Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the incident is under investigation.
- The incident demonstrates the persistent danger posed by unexploded ordnance in northern Israel, where renewed fighting leaves hazardous materials in open areas. In August, six foreign agricultural workers were wounded near Metula in a similar explosion.
- Authorities are investigating whether the school excursion received required approvals before being authorized. Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy ordered increased hiking restrictions in the area while security forces search for additional hazards.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pointed out that, according to the first steps, the explosion was caused by a Hizbollah ammunition, an unexploited Shiite political and military organization in Lebanon that had fallen in the area.
Jerusalem, 12 Oct (EFE).- The Israeli Army attributed a preliminary unexploded cluster munition of the Lebanese Shia group Hizbulah the explosion that occurred this Monday in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, when a group of schoolchildren on a field trip passed through the area and that [...] The Israeli entrance attributed to a Hizbulah cluster munition the explosion in the north of the country was first published in HolaNews.
Some 20 students and teachers were injured near Kiryat Shmona, in an area dotted with munitions inherited from the war with Hezbollah, but the origin of the device is still unknown.
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