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Six foreign workers injured by ordnance explosion near Lebanon border

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2 sources · Israel

Who reported this

  • Haaretz Israel · Left · Schocken family and M. DuMont Schauberg
  • The Times of Israel Israel · Centre · Seth Klarman (majority backer)

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Six foreign workers were injured early Tuesday morning when an explosive detonated in an agricultural field near Metula, Israel's northernmost community. According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, the wounded were evacuated to medical facilities, including Ziv Medical Center in Safed. Two individuals were reported as seriously injured and one as moderately injured. Reports indicate the workers were Thai nationals working in a nectarine orchard.

Police are investigating the cause of the blast. The Metula Municipality described the device as an old bomb that had gone undiscovered until it was accidentally set off. However, a police source told Haaretz that the ordnance was likely a submunition from a cluster bomb fired from Lebanon.

While the center leaning source frames the incident as the detonation of an old munition, the left leaning source emphasizes the likelihood that the device was a cluster bomb submunition fired from Lebanon.

How each side framed it

Left
The left leaning source frames the event as the result of a cluster bomb submunition fired from Lebanon.
Centre
The center leaning source frames the event as an accident involving an old, undiscovered bomb.

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