{
  "id": 14184376,
  "title": "Education Ministry denies approving trip through restricted area following deadly explosion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/education-ministry-denies-approving-trip-through-restricted-area",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-911552"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Education Ministry in Israel has denied approving a school trip through a restricted area following a deadly explosion from a Hezbollah ordnance on Monday. The incident occurred in northern Israel, resulting in the death of 14-year-old student Elazar Yair Wilensky and injuring over 20 others. KKL-JNF Chairman Eyal Austrinsky stated that the ministry's situation room should have been aware that the forest had been deemed unsafe.\n\nEducation Minister Yoav Kisch had previously confirmed that the trip and its route received the necessary approvals. In response to the explosion, the ministry announced that school trips to areas along the Israel-Lebanon border would be diverted to other locations. The Home Front Command also plans to enhance public information efforts about the dangers of unexploded ordnance through awareness campaigns and safety instructions.\n\nMetula Mayor David Azulay criticized the decision to suspend hiking routes, expressing concern that it could harm tourism and daily life in the Galilee. He emphasized the importance of being alert and careful when hiking, warning against venturing off marked trails. Most of the unexploded ordnance, such as cluster munitions, contained multiple bomblets, with each potentially exploding, while others remained unexploded.",
  "summary": "The ministry says the approved hiking route avoided an area closed by KKL-JNF, as investigators examine the path taken before the deadly explosion.",
  "key_points": [
    "Education Ministry denies trip approval through restricted area.",
    "14-year-old student killed, over 20 injured in Hezbollah explosion.",
    "School trips diverted, public warned of unexploded ordnance dangers."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/14184376.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Education Ministry probes fatal blast, saying students may have strayed from approved route",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/education-ministry-probes-fatal-blast-saying-students-may-have",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:08:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Three-member panel set up to examine death of student at IIIT Ranchi: Ministry of Education",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/three-member-panel-set-up-to-examine-death-of-student-at-iiit-ranchi",
        "published": "2026-10-13T10:07:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Education Ministry forms 3-member panel led by DU official after IIIT Ranchi student’s death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/education-ministry-forms-3-member-panel-led-by-du-official-after-iiit",
        "published": "2026-10-13T10:23:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}