Teen Killed in Northern Israel Trip Disaster Was 13-Year-Old
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
A 13-year-old student, Elazar Yair Wilensky, was killed and 24 others injured in a cluster munition explosion during a school trip in the Upper Galilee. The initial investigation indicates the student picked up the munition during the trip. Soldiers later found more unexploded ordnance in the vicinity, and the area has been closed off.
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- Thirteen-year-old Elazar Yair Wilensky died in a cluster munition explosion during a school trip.
- Twenty-four other students and teachers were injured, four seriously, in the incident.
- The victim reportedly collected the cluster munition from beside a marked trail.
- The explosion occurred as students rested before returning to their buses.
- IDF soldiers discovered additional unexploded cluster munitions in the area.
- The area where the incident occurred has been closed by Division 91.
A 13-year-old student, Elazar Yair Wilensky, died yesterday in a severe accident during a school trip in the Upper Galilee's Ramim Ridge. Elazar, a ninth-grader at the Orot Ma'alot high school, was the youngest of five siblings. His family described him as a "child of life, smart and wise, full of joy, a good and beloved friend, with his whole future ahead of him." He is survived by his parents, three sisters, and a brother.
Initial security force investigations suggest Elazar found a cluster munition next to a marked trail and placed it in his bag. Later, as the group rested before returning to their buses, the munition exploded for an unknown reason, causing numerous casualties. Twenty-four other individuals, including students and teachers from Orot Ma'alot's middle school, were injured. As of this morning, four are in serious condition, seven in moderate, and the rest in light condition in northern Israeli hospitals.
Hours after the incident, IDF soldiers discovered additional unexploded cluster munitions in the area, not far from where the students were injured. The area along Derech Ramot Naftali has been closed by Division 91, and more unexploded ordnance is expected to be found in the coming days and weeks.
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