Student Killed in Northern Israel Cluster Bomb Explosion During School Trip
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
A ninth-grade student, Elazar Yair Wilensky, was killed and 24 others injured, three seriously, when a cluster munition exploded during a school trip in northern Israel's Ramim Ridge. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. on Monday, with initial assessments pointing to a cluster bomb that fell weeks prior. The area is known to have thousands of unexploded munitions from the ongoing conflict, and the school trip continued despite a JNF sign prohibiting entry.
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- Elazar Yair Wilensky, a ninth-grade student, was killed by an exploding cluster munition during a school trip.
- The incident injured 24 other students, three of them seriously, near the Ramim Ridge.
- Initial investigations suggest the munition was a cluster bomb that fell in the area weeks before the trip.
- Thousands of unexploded munitions are estimated to remain in northern Israel from the conflict.
- The school trip continued despite a sign prohibiting entry to the area due to rehabilitation work.
Elazar Yair Wilensky, a ninth-grade student at the Ort High School in Ma'alot Tarshiha, was killed on Monday when a cluster munition exploded during a school trip in the Ramim Ridge area of northern Israel. His family described him as a "child of life, smart and wise, full of joy, a good and beloved friend, whose entire future was still ahead of him." Wilensky was the youngest of five siblings.
The explosion occurred around 1 p.m. as students from seventh and eighth grades were gathering for the Mincha prayer. The incident injured 24 other students, three of them seriously. Initial investigations suggest the munition was a cluster bomb that fell in the area between mid-March and early April. Students at the scene reported seeing other unexploded ordnance in the vicinity.
Northern Command estimates that thousands of unexploded munitions, mostly from Hezbollah, remain scattered across northern Israel as a result of the war. The school trip proceeded along the Ramim Ridge trail despite a Jewish National Fund (JNF) sign prohibiting entry due to rehabilitation work. A JNF representative confirmed the sign was still valid.
Parents who rushed to the scene described harrowing rescue efforts. One father recounted how his son, wounded in the leg and neck, managed to apply a tourniquet while on the phone with him, receiving instructions on how to stop the bleeding. Poor cellular reception and difficult terrain complicated rescue operations.
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