Netanyahu Visits Students Injured in Northern Israel Explosion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa to see young students injured in an explosion in northern Israel. He was accompanied by Education Minister Yoav Kisch. Among the hospitalized students was 14-year-old Eitan Masouri, a student at the ORT Talmudic High School in Maalot. Masouri, who sustained a shrapnel wound to his neck, recounted to Netanyahu how he first saw a wounded classmate and attempted to help him. He described the moments before the explosion, stating another student was handling the device, which then detonated, throwing the boys backward. Masouri explained he was initially in shock before realizing he was bleeding from his neck. Preliminary investigations by Israeli rescue and fire services suggest a student placed the munition in their bag before it exploded. Authorities identified the device as a Hezbollah submunition that remained after prior shelling. The explosion occurred during a school trip in northern Israel, killing one student and injuring several others. The Ministry of Education announced that planned trips on October 13 and 14 to areas near the border and in the northern Golan Heights would be rerouted. The ministry also reinforced safety guidelines regarding the risk of unexploded ordnance.