Student Dies After Unexploded Ordnance Detonates Near "Yiftah" Settlement
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
One student has died and 20 others were injured in an explosion of unexploded ordnance near the "Yiftah" settlement in the Upper Galilee. The students were on a licensed school trip when one of them accidentally touched the shell. Emergency services are evacuating the injured, with one student in critical condition. The IDF is investigating how the trip route was approved in an area with unexploded ordnance.
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- One student died and 20 were injured in an unexploded ordnance blast near the "Yiftah" settlement.
- The victims were students and teachers from the "Ort Ma'alot" religious middle school.
- A parent stated the school trip was licensed and the explosion occurred when a child touched the shell.
- One student is in critical condition, and two others have very serious injuries.
- Emergency services are evacuating the injured, and the IDF is investigating the incident.
The death toll from an explosion of unexploded ordnance near the "Yiftah" settlement in the Upper Galilee has risen to one, with 20 others injured. The victims were students and teachers from the "Ort Ma'alot" religious middle school. One student's condition is critical and considered hopeless, while two others sustained very serious injuries. The remaining students suffered moderate to light wounds from shrapnel.
A parent of one of the injured students stated that the trip was licensed and had all necessary security permits, with parental consent obtained. He explained that the explosion occurred when a child accidentally touched an unexploded shell left in the area. "The trip was organized and licensed, and all parents signed consent forms. Unfortunately, the area contains unexploded army shells, and it seems one child touched the shell by mistake, causing it to explode," the parent said.
Military helicopters and civilian ambulances are evacuating critically injured students to Rambam Hospital in Haifa and Ziv Hospital in Safed. The Ma'alot-Tarshiha municipality has activated emergency hotlines and a dedicated task force to provide psychological and social support to the families. The Northern Command of the IDF is investigating the incident, focusing on how the route for the educational trip was approved in an area known to contain unexploded ordnance.
Itzik Shoshan, Director of the Yarden region in Magen David Adom, described the scene as "extremely complex," requiring unprecedented medical and aerial mobilization. He recounted arriving to find numerous injured students on the ground and stated that immediate field treatment was provided to eight severely injured individuals, alongside care for those with minor injuries and shock. Medical teams, in coordination with the army and air force helicopters, are in a race against time to evacuate the wounded to hospitals.
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