Netanyahu meets with injured children in hospital following Hezbollah ordnance explosion in North
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday with victims of the detonation of an unexploded Hezbollah cluster munition in northern Israel earlier that same day, according to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
The explosion, which killed a 14-year-old boy and injured 24 others, occured during a field trip for ORT Ma’alot Yeshiva High School students.
Masouri told Netanyahu that one of his fellow students was handling the unexploded Hezbollah ordnance before it detonated.
"He unscrewed it, and then it exploded; the guys were thrown back," explained Masouri. "There was a moment of shock, about two seconds, and then I was told I was bleeding. I realized I was bleeding from my neck."
Education Ministry: All group trips to area to be diverted over next two days
Also on Monday, the Education Ministry announced that group trips to the area along the Israel-Lebanon border on Tuesday and Wednesday would be diverted elsewhere.
The ministry added that it had "sharpened" safety guidelines "with an emphasis on caution against munitions throughout the country."
Israeli politicians respond to explosion incident in North
Several Israeli politicians reacted to the explosion, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog calling the incident a "horrific disaster" in an X/Twitter post on Monday.
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