Education Minister Heads North After Unexploded Ordnance Injures 20 Hikers
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Twenty hikers were injured by an unexploded ordnance detonation in the Mount Ramim area near the Lebanese border on Monday, with one critically wounded. Education Minister Yoav Kisch is traveling to the site and to Ziv Hospital in Safed to visit the injured. Security forces are searching the area for more ordnance and investigating if it was a remnant from the war.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Twenty hikers were injured by unexploded ordnance in the Mount Ramim area, including one critically.
- Education Minister Yoav Kisch is en route to the incident site and a local hospital.
- Security forces are searching the area for additional unexploded ordnance.
- Investigators are considering if the ordnance was a remnant from the recent war.
- The Ministry of Education is coordinating support for students and staff.
Approximately 20 hikers were injured on Monday by an explosion of unexploded ordnance in the Mount Ramim area, near the Lebanese border. One person is in critical condition, two others are in serious condition, and 15 teenagers were treated by medical teams at the scene. Security and rescue forces were dispatched to the area to evacuate the wounded and manage the incident.
In response, Minister of Education Yoav Kisch is traveling to the north. He is expected to visit the incident site near Kibbutz Yiftah and then visit the injured at Ziv Hospital in Safed. The Ministry of Education stated it is cooperating fully with security forces and all professional bodies to provide comprehensive support to students, educational staff, and their families.
Security forces are thoroughly searching the area for additional unexploded ordnance. Investigators are examining the possibility that the explosion was caused by a rocket left over from the recent war.
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