One killed, children among 24 wounded after ordnance explodes during northern Israel school trip

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53% : Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levi and Northern District Commander Meir Eliyahu also arrived on scene to assess the situation, with the commissioner later noting that the field trip "received approval from the relevant authorities" to the best of his knowledge.
51% : The municipality noted that the students were in the area on an annual field trip, with the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority saying that a preliminary investigation showed evidence that one of the students put an explosive device into his bag, which later detonated.
47% : IDF and Hatzalah helicopters respond to an explosion near Israel's border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026.
42% : Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus prepares to receive people wounded by an explosion in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.
38% : (credit: Israel Fire and Rescue Authority) Levy added that he is considering scaling back field trips to the area in the near future "to re-examine whether allowing children to go out (on such trips) puts them at risk.
36% : The Israel Police urged people to remain clear of the area and to report any suspected unexploded ordnance or suspicious objects.
31% : One person was killed, and 24 were wounded, some seriously, in an explosion involving an unknown ordnance between Kibbutz Manara and Kibbutz Yiftah in northern Israel on Monday, according to the Israel Police, with the IDF declaring the incident a mass-casualty event.

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