Ramim Ridge
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Oct 19, 2026
Shanna FuldHOST
A school trip in the north of Israel ended in tragedy last Monday.
Shanna FuldHOST
Students from the Ort Ma'alot religious high school were on their annual hike near Kibbutz Ifta on the Ramim Ridge, which is close to the Lebanese border.
Shanna FuldHOST
And that's when an explosion killed a boy around 14 years old and injured 24 others.
Shanna FuldHOST
That's according to Magenta Vida Dome Emergency Services.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a cruise missile over the Medina region, a city the Houthis had previously vowed not to target.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
And Israel's Education Ministry has lifted its ban on school trips to the northern border, imposed after Monday's blast on the Ramim Ridge.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
The minister has ordered staff to review the safety rules on unexploded ordnance.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
We note that the ministry's own account today gives the boy who was killed as 13, where most of the reporting on Monday and this program gave his age as 14.
CornHOST
Here's the scene he sent us.
CornHOST
On the 12th of October, a group of students from a yeshiva in Ma'alot were on a hike in the upper Galilee on the Ramim Ridge near Mitzpe Pere.
CornHOST
An unexploded munition detonated.
CornHOST
A 14-year-old named Elazar Yair Wilensky was killed.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Magen David Adam.
CornHOST
That's what I said.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Ramim Ridge, October.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
That's a hike that was supposed to be a hike.
Jose GalisonHOST
While investigations are still ongoing, the same thing appears to have happened in northern Israel as well.
Jose GalisonHOST
A student group from ORT Malat school is hiking in the Ramim Ridge area about a mile west of the Blue Line border.
Jose GalisonHOST
With Lebanon, the student group similarly came upon an exploded ordinance and it similarly detonated, killing one 15-year-old and wounding 19 others from the group to varying degrees.
Jose GalisonHOST
Israeli military helicopters were brought in to evacuate the wounded, and sappers are on the site both trying to find the origin of the ordnance to make sure no additional explosives are littered in the area.
Noa LeviHOST
Initial assessments suggest the device was a Hezbollah cluster munition that had landed in the area previously.
Noa LeviHOST
The victims were on a hiking trip approved by the Education Ministry in the Ramim Ridge area.
Noa LeviHOST
In regional developments, the Iran-backed Houthis have threatened a swift and painful response against the United States and its regional interests if Washington joins Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen.
Noa LeviHOST
Houthi political bureau member Mohammed al-Bukhati issued the warning, which comes after recent deadly attacks on Saudi infrastructure.
Noa LeviHOST
In a tragic incident in northern Israel, a fourteen-year-old student, Elazar Yair Wilensky, was killed and twenty-three others injured when unexploded ordnance detonated during a school trip.
Noa LeviHOST
The incident occurred on the Ramim Ridge area, close to the Lebanese border.
Noa LeviHOST
Initial assessments suggest the explosion was caused by a Hezbollah munition that had landed in the area previously but failed to detonate.
Noa LeviHOST
The area had been subject to heavy fire from Hezbollah during recent fighting.
Noa LeviHOST
A tragic incident has underscored the ongoing dangers along Israel's northern border.
Noa LeviHOST
On Monday, a school trip near the Lebanese border in the Ramim Ridge area turned devastating when an unexploded munition detonated.
Noa LeviHOST
Fourteen-year-old Elazar Yair Wilensky was killed and twenty-four others were injured, one critically.
Noa LeviHOST
According to preliminary IDF investigations cited by World Israel News, the explosion is believed to have occurred after a student discovered an unexploded cluster submunition, possibly fired by Hezbollah, and placed it in his backpack.
Noa LeviHOST
Tragedy struck in northern Israel yesterday when 14-year-old Elazar Yair Wylensky, a student from Lot and described by his family as a boy who loved life, was killed during a school trip.
Noa LeviHOST
The group from Otmar Lot High School's yeshiva program was hiking in the Ramim Ridge area, near the Lebanese border, when an unexploded Hezbollah cluster munition detonated.
Noa LeviHOST
The incident declared a mass casualty event by the IDF, injured 23 others.
Noa LeviHOST
According to initial reports and preliminary investigations, a student may have placed the munition into his bag before it exploded.
Gadi ZaigHOST
Meanwhile, in Northern Israel, a community is mourning the death of a young student.
Gadi ZaigHOST
14-year-old Elazar Yair Wilensky was killed on Monday when an unexploded munition detonated during a school trip in the Ramim Ridge area near the Lebanese border.
Gadi ZaigHOST
The youngest of five siblings, Wilensky was described by his family as a boy who loved life, full of joy, and a beloved friend whose entire future was still ahead of him.
Gadi ZaigHOST
The Ma'alot-Tarshiha Municipality said welfare and educational psychological teams continue providing support to affected families, students, and staff.
Walter HartleyHOST
His name was Elazar Yair Wilensky.
Walter HartleyHOST
He was hiking with his class on the Ramim Ridge, near the Lebanese border, when the munition detonated.
Walter HartleyHOST
Twenty-four others were hurt.
Walter HartleyHOST
The Israel Defense Forces say a preliminary examination points to an unexploded Hezbollah cluster munition left from the fighting, and Israel Hayom reports the army is still checking that.
Edward James WhitmoreCORRESPONDENT
Walter, back to you.
Walter HartleyHOST
For the world desk, here is Theodore Charles Bennett.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
Walter, the facts of the Ramim Ridge first carefully because the accounts differ in places and we would rather you heard it from us.
Theodore Charles BennettCORRESPONDENT
Elazar Yair Wilensky was the youngest of five children, a student in the Yeshiva program at the Ort Mealot High School.
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