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Israeli security and rescue forces evacuate injured people near the site where suspected unexploded ordnance detonated during a school trip, killing a teenage student and injuring 19 others near Kibbutz Yiftah in the Ramim Ridge area, close to the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
October 13, 2026, 5:00 pm
Deadly blast on school trip exposes lurking explosive threat after years of war
Despite concerns around unexploded ordnance left across country after missiles stopped flying, questions remain over who’s responsible for clearance and whether public awareness has been sufficiently raised
By Emanuel Fabian
Hundreds of pieces of ordnance that were abandoned in a Syrian bunker following the 1967 Six Day War are detonated in a controlled explosion on January 2, 2021. (Defense Ministry)
January 2, 2022, 2:39 pm
Defense Ministry detonates Syrian munitions from decades-old Golan Heights bunker
National mine-clearing organization found the various bombs in an underground bunker in November, decided to blow them up for safety instead of moving them
By Judah Ari Gross
Dozens of mortar shells and other munitions are laid out on the ground next to a recently discovered Syrian bunker on the Golan Heights on November 2, 2021. (Defense Ministry)
November 2, 2021, 11:34 am
Explosives-filled Syrian bunker from ’67 war uncovered in Golan
Defense Ministry finds dozens of mortar shells inside, along with other munitions, amid mine-clearing effort
By Judah Ari Gross
A man searches for mines near the site of Qasr al Yahud, the place where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, near the West Bank town of Jericho, on December 9, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 12, 2020, 10:44 am
Just in time for Easter: Jordan River baptismal site is mine-free after 53 years
‘It was like walking into a time capsule, with beer still on the shelf, the tables still laid for dinner,’ says head of UK group who oversaw project at Qasr al-Yahud
By Melanie Lidman
Ornate and colorful frescoes are mostly intact despite the decades of neglect in the Romanian Monastery, the last church building in the Land of the Monasteries to be cleared of landmines, in a photo released by the Ministry of Defense on June 20, 2019. (courtesy Ministry of Defense)
June 20, 2019, 2:49 pm
Stunning Romanian church is final monastery cleared of mines at Qasr al-Yahud
Six months of work still remaining at Christian pilgrimage site until area is deemed landmine-free
By Melanie Lidman
A line of landmines are detonated in a field in the southern Golan Heights as part of a mine clearing effort on July 24, 2018. (Defense Ministry)
July 24, 2018, 12:48 pm
Israel detonates 350 landmines to clear Golan field
Controlled explosions takes place at boobytrapped site near Daughters of Jacob Bridge in southern Golan Heights
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos shake hands during a ceremony to sign agreements at the Narino palace in Bogota, September 13, 2017. (AFP/Raul Arboleda)
September 14, 2017, 9:46 am
Colombian president thanks Netanyahu for Israeli help clearing landmines
In Bogota, the two leaders sign tourism cooperation agreement, announce relaunch of defunct innovation fund
By Raphael Ahren
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