Six foreign workers were injured on Tuesday morning in an explosion involving a weapon in an orchard near Metula. Two of them were seriously injured, another sustained moderate injuries, and three were lightly injured. According to a report by Ynet, the injured workers are Thai nationals. Police and bomb disposal units arrived at the scene and began investigating the circumstances of the explosion.
Magen David Adom received the report at 6:52 a.m. MDA medics and paramedics, together with an IDF medical team, treated two men in their 40s who were seriously injured and suffering from multiple-system trauma; another man in his 40s who was moderately injured with chest trauma; and three additional people who sustained minor injuries. They were evacuated by helicopter and ambulance to Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
MDA senior paramedic Moti Barel said: “We received a report of several men injured in an explosion in an orchard near Metula. When we arrived at the scene, we found the injured conscious and suffering from injuries to various parts of their bodies. We began an initial assessment and provided medical treatment at the scene, including stopping bleeding and administering medication. Together with an IDF medical team, we evacuated the injured by helicopter and MDA ambulances to the hospital while continuing to provide medical care.”
The two seriously injured patients and the moderately injured patient were taken to the trauma room at Ziv Medical Center in Safed for initial treatment. Three additional injured people are being treated in the Emergency Department.
Prof. Aviram Nissan, head of the Surgical Division at Ziv Medical Center, said that one of the seriously injured patients was urgently taken into surgery. The other seriously injured patient is currently undergoing imaging tests to assess his condition and determine further treatment. Ziv Medical Center said its medical teams are prepared and continuing to provide care to all of the injured.
Police appealed to the public not to touch shrapnel or interceptor debris that may still be scattered in the area from the fighting in the north. Anyone who identifies a suspicious object or unidentified item is asked to report it to the police emergency hotline at 100.