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Students Handled Cluster Bomb Before Fatal Blast, Father Recounts
A 14-year-old student was killed and 23 others were injured on Monday when a suspected Hezbollah cluster bomb detonated during a school trip on Mount Ramim in the Upper Galilee. The explosion occurred as students from the Orot Ma'alot religious high school in Ma'alot-Tarshiha were waiting for buses.
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What happened
- 01One student was killed and 23 others were injured on Monday when a suspected Hezbollah cluster bomb detonated during a school trip on Mount Ramim.
- 02A 14-year-old student placed the unexploded cluster bomb in his backpack as a souvenir before it detonated due to the movement of the bag.
- 03Investigators discovered footage on the students' mobile phones showing they had filmed the explosive device minutes before the blast.
- 04Police Commissioner Danny Levi is considering a temporary halt to school trips in northern Israel to reassess safety protocols.
- 05The Ministry of Education had approved the school trip, and police are investigating whether the group followed the authorized route.
- 06The injured students, from the Orot Ma'alot religious high school, were treated at hospitals, with several in serious condition requiring surgery.
An initial investigation revealed that students found the unexploded ordnance and filmed it with their mobile phones. Unaware of the danger, one student placed the cluster bomb in his backpack as a souvenir. The bomb detonated due to the movement of the backpack, exploding at close range among the children.
Police Commissioner Danny Levi stated that the trip had been approved by the Ministry of Education, and investigators are checking whether the group followed the authorized route. Following the incident, Levi is considering a temporary halt to school trips in northern Israel to reassess safety protocols.
Medical teams treated the injured, including the accompanying rabbi, Yaakov Weitzman. Thirteen of the injured were taken to Ziv Medical Center in Safed, where several required surgery and were listed in serious condition.
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