One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North
IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) A 14-year-old boy was killed, and 24 people were injured in an explosion involving an unexploded Hezbollah cluster munition between Kibbutz Manara and Kibbutz Yiftah in northern Israel on Monday, the IDF reported. The military has declared the incident a mass-casualty event. Students and staff members from the ORT Ma’alot Yeshiva High School were among the victims, according to a statement by the local municipality. Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus said it admitted three teenagers and one adult to the trauma unit after evacuating them from the scene, while Safed’s Ziv Medical Center is treating 14 injured victims in total. Nahariya’s Galilee Medical Center is treating an additional six victims, one of whom was seriously injured. Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus treats ...