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Five Remain in Serious Condition Following Deadly School Trip Explosion in Upper Galilee
Several victims have been discharged following the deadly Ramim Ridge explosion, while five remain seriously injured at hospitals across northern Israel.
Evacuating the wounded from the scene (Photo: Eyal Margolin, Flash90)Five people injured in yesterday's cluster bomb explosion on Ramim Ridge remain in serious condition, according to updates released Tuesday evening by Ziv, Rambam, and Galilee medical centers.
Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat reported that of the 14 injured people admitted yesterday, 11 have been discharged and sent home. Among them were nine students who had been hospitalized in the pediatric ward, as well as another patient, approximately 50 years old, who had been treated in the surgical ward.
Three patients remain hospitalized at Ziv, including two children in pediatric intensive care. One is in serious but stable condition, sedated and on a ventilator, while the other is in moderate condition. A 48-year-old man also remains hospitalized in the surgical ward.
Galilee Medical Center reported that seven of the eight injured people admitted yesterday remain hospitalized. Two are in serious condition in the pediatric intensive care unit. Five others are being treated in the pediatric surgical ward, including one in serious condition and the remaining four in moderate or mild condition. One additional patient has been discharged.
Rambam Hospital in Haifa reported that two teenage boys who sustained minor injuries remain hospitalized in the pediatric surgery department. Another teenager, who was struck by shrapnel in the neck and is listed in moderate condition, remains under observation in pediatric intensive care. He is fully conscious and in stable condition.
A teacher who was injured in the explosion remains hospitalized in general intensive care in serious but stable condition.
Earlier today, it was reported that Elazar Yair Wilensky, 14, a ninth-grade student at ORT Ma'alot Yeshiva High School, was killed in the explosion.
Wilensky was the youngest of five siblings and is survived by his parents, three sisters, and a brother. His family eulogized him, describing him as "a child of life, smart and wise, full of joy, a good and beloved friend who had his whole future ahead of him."
