10-Year-Old Dies After Explosion at Recycling Facility in Beitar Illit

A 10-year-old boy has died after being critically injured by an object that flew from a burning recycling facility in Beitar Illit. The incident occurred on Nadborna Street, where a recycling facility caught fire for reasons yet to be determined. During the blaze, an item was ejected from the facility and struck the child, who was nearby. Emergency medical services performed resuscitation efforts at the scene and during transport to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where the boy was in critical condition with severe injuries and burns. Despite ongoing resuscitation efforts, his death was pronounced at the hospital. Initial police investigations suggest an item from the recycling facility, which was on fire, hit the boy. The cause of the fire and the specific object that struck him are still under investigation. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and conducted searches for additional hazards. A fire investigator from the Judea and Samaria district is examining the circumstances of the fire, in cooperation with investigators from the Etzion station and forensic identification investigators from the police.