JERUSALEM, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A 14‑year‑old Israeli boy was killed and 24 people were injured when an unexploded ordnance most likely detonated during a school hiking trip near the border with Lebanon, Israel’s ambulance service said Monday.
The region remains strewn with unexploded ordnance left over from Israel’s past conflicts with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
Rockets and missiles launched from southern Lebanon toward Israel occasionally fail to detonate on impact, posing latent threats to civilians for years afterward.
Deputy Commissioner Meir Eliyahu, speaking at the scene, said an unexploded device most likely detonated after a student picked it up.
“There were penetrating injuries, most likely caused by shrapnel impact,” said Efrat Ohana, a paramedic at the scene.
The ambulance service reported that 22 boys, two of them seriously, and two adults were among the injured.
The Israeli military identified the device as most likely an unexploded cluster munition fired by Hezbollah.
Police Commissioner Daniel Levy said authorities were reviewing whether to suspend school trips in the affected area.
(Reporting by Pesha Magid; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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