Overview
- A blast from an old unexploded device tore through nectarine orchards near Metula on Tuesday morning, injuring six Thai farm workers with two in serious condition.
- Emergency teams, including Israel Police and bomb-disposal units, secured the scene and launched an on-site investigation to determine the ordnance's exact type and origin.
- Three of the wounded were airlifted to Ziv Medical Center in Safed and at least one seriously injured patient was taken immediately into the operating room, hospital officials said.
- Initial local reports and some media described the fragment as a possible cluster-munition submunition but authorities have not yet confirmed that classification through forensic examination.
- Metula’s council said the device appears to be old and previously undetected, stressed there is no wider security incident, and warned that legacy munitions on farmland remain a continuing safety risk.