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Student Killed, Dozens Injured in Unattended Ordnance Incident During School Trip

A ninth-grade student was killed and 24 were injured when a cluster munition remnant exploded during a school trip in northern Israel on October 12. Despite KKL-JNF notifying the Ministry of Education that the site was closed, the ministry approved the trip.

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What happened

01A student was killed and 24 injured by an unexploded munition during a school trip on October 12.
02The Ministry of Education approved the trip despite KKL-JNF stating the site was closed.
03Students reported receiving no safety warnings about unexploded ordnance.
04The municipality lacked a security officer, and preliminary site surveys were reportedly not conducted.
05Responsibility for clearing enemy ordnance is disputed among the Ministry of Defense, police, and ordnance disposal authority.
06A Knesset subcommittee for ordnance disposal has met only twice since its establishment in February 2023.

The municipality lacked a security officer, and students claim they received no safety warnings about unexploded ordnance. Responsibility for clearing such ordnance is disputed among government bodies, and a relevant Knesset subcommittee has met infrequently.

Translated and summarized by baba from Zman Yisrael, the latest report. Read Zman Yisrael’s original