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Teen Killed by Hezbollah Munition on School Trip · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: A tragic incident in northern Israel has claimed the life
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  Speaker 1: of a 14-year-old boy and injured 24 others. The explosion
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  Speaker 1: occurred on October 12, 2026, during a school field trip
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  Speaker 1: for students from Otmalot Yeshiva High School. The IDF estimates
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  Speaker 1: the munition was a cluster bomb fired by Hezbollah during
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  Speaker 1: the war and left unexploded. Initial reports identify it as
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  Speaker 1: a Chinese-made A9 cluster bomb. According to initial investigations and
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  Speaker 1: student accounts, one student reportedly handled the unexploded ordnance, placing
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  Speaker 1: it in his bag, which then detonated. Among the injured
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  Speaker 1: were two boys around 14 years old with serious injuries,
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  Speaker 1: 10 with moderate injuries, and 12 with light injuries, treated
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  Speaker 1: by Major David Adom volunteers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited
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  Speaker 1: the injured students in the hospital, accompanied by Education Minister
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  Speaker 1: Yoav Kish. President Isaac Herzog called it a horrific disaster,
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  Speaker 1: and Defence Minister Israel Katz wished a swift recovery to
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  Speaker 1: the injured. The Education Ministry announced that group trips to
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  Speaker 1: the area would be diverted on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
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  Speaker 1: safety guidelines have been sharpened. Upper Galilee Regional Council Head
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  Speaker 1: Asaf Langelban demanded the IDF search hiking areas for unexploded
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  Speaker 1: ordnance and learn lessons, though he stated hiking activities would continue.
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  Speaker 1: In separate developments along Israel's northern border, the IDF is
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  Speaker 1: investigating two incidents involving unidentified aerial targets detected near Israeli
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  Speaker 1: troops operating in southern Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
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  Speaker 1: In one instance on Monday, an interceptor was launched toward
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  Speaker 1: a suspicious aerial target. The defence establishment has not yet
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  Speaker 1: been able to explain the nature of the objects, with
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  Speaker 1: initial considerations including the possibility of balloons and search operations
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  Speaker 1: are ongoing. Regionally, a Houthi strike on October 10 killed
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  Speaker 1: 13 people and injured over 300, reportedly making it the
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  Speaker 1: deadliest attack on a Gulf country since February 2026. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, the Arab Joint List is proposing a
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  Speaker 1: parliamentary safety net to support an opposition government and potentially
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  Speaker 1: oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yosef Jabarin, chairman of the alliance,
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  Speaker 1: stated the party is prepared to offer support through abstentions
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  Speaker 1: or votes if its demands are met. These demands include
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  Speaker 1: a national programme for crime in the Arab community, an
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  Speaker 1: end to home demolitions, approval of master planning zones, land
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  Speaker 1: allocations for young couples, and recognition of unrecognised Arab villages.
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  Speaker 1: The proposal comes as recent polls suggest neither the ruling
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  Speaker 1: bloc nor the opposition can form a majority without Arab
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  Speaker 1: party support. Though some opposition figures like Gadi Eisenkot and
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  Speaker 1: Naftali Bennett have resisted reliance on Arab factions. Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz also publicly opposes a Supreme Court directive to
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  Speaker 1: expedite the return of residents to the Jenin, Tulqam and
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  Speaker 1: Nersham camps in the West Bank. Katz labelled these areas
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  Speaker 1: terrorist camps and havens for terrorism used by Iran-backed groups.
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  Speaker 1: He stated that following IDF operations, which involved evacuations, eliminating
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  Speaker 1: terrorists and destroying infrastructure, terrorism in the West Bank decreased
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  Speaker 1: by 80%. Katz emphasised the IDF's continued presence is an
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  Speaker 1: operational and security imperative, not a legal issue, and asserted
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  Speaker 1: he would not compromise, even if special legislation is required. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: on the political front, two women running on the Haredi
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  Speaker 1: public parties list, Nechumi Yaf and Ziva Glantz, are aiming
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  Speaker 1: to address overlooked issues for women in the Haredi community,
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  Speaker 1: including health, employment and family support. They are seeking to
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  Speaker 1: enter the Knesset independently of the established Haredi parties. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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