At least 20 Israelis injured after explosion near Lebanon border, possibly of unexploded ordnance

At least 20 Israelis were injured, including students and staff, after an explosion during a school trip near the Lebanon border. Several of the wounded are in critical and serious condition, according to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s emergency response service.

According to police, the initial suspicion is that the explosion was a result of an unexploded munition along the border near the villages of Yiftah and Manara. Bomb disposal experts are examining the cause of the explosion, police said. In a statement, the Ma’alot-Tarshiha municipality in northern Israel said students and staff were on the local school’s annual trip when the explosion happened. The country’s Ministry of Education said it was an “extremely difficult incident, and our thoughts are with the victims and their families.” MDA said it was a “complex incident” as they sent numerous teams to the site. “We quickly dispatched substantial forces to the scene, including ambulances, mobile intensive care units (MICUs), and an MDA helicopter, which was also scrambled to the incident,” said regional director Itzik Shushan.

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在黎巴嫩边境附近的一次学校旅行中发生爆炸，造成至少20名以色列人受伤，其中包括学生和教职员工。据以色列紧急救援组织“大卫之星”（Magen David Adom，简称MDA）称，其中几名伤者伤势危重。

警方表示，初步怀疑爆炸是由伊夫塔赫村和马纳拉村附近边境沿线的一枚未爆弹药引起的。警方称，拆弹专家正在调查爆炸原因。以色列北部马阿洛特-塔什哈市政府在一份声明中表示，爆炸发生时，当地学校的学生和教职员工正在进行年度旅行。以色列教育部表示，这是一起“极其严重的事件，我们向遇难者及其家属表示慰问”。以色列国防军（MDA）表示，这是一起“复杂的事件”，他们已派出多个救援小组前往现场。地区主任伊齐克·舒沙恩表示：“我们迅速向现场派遣了大量人员，包括救护车、移动重症监护室（MICU）和一架紧急出动的MDA直升机。”

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