Disputed · Northern Israel border area, Israel (approximate) ·
Haaretz and The Times of Israel report that a ninth-grade student was killed in an explosion in northern Israel near the Lebanon border during a school trip or hike, and Haaretz reports 24 people wounded, two seriously. The IDF, as relayed by The SOFX Report, says an unexploded Hezbollah bomblet caused the blast, and The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Chronicle repeat the Hezbollah attribution. Haaretz names the student as Elazar Yair Vilansky, while The Times of Israel spells the name Wilensky.
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Verification
Disputed: 3 independent sources.
Sources disagree on:
- Name spelling: Haaretz gives Elazar Yair Vilansky; The Times of Israel gives Elazar Yair Wilensky in three items.
- Seriously wounded: Haaretz reports two seriously wounded, while a later Times of Israel item reports 5 children remaining in serious condition.
- Timing: a later Times of Israel item describes a Hezbollah munition blast on the previous day, while Haaretz, The Times of Israel's earlier items, The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Chronicle date the blast to 13 October.
- Attacker: Haaretz and The Times of Israel describe an explosion without naming a cause, while the IDF line (SOFX), The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Chronicle attribute it to a Hezbollah bomblet or bomb; the attribution rests on the IDF statement and is not independently confirmed.
- Setting: described as a school trip (Haaretz) or a hike (IDF line, The Jewish Chronicle), and as near the Lebanon border or simply northern Israel depending on the source.
Details by origin
Each detail, with the independent origins that reported it. An origin is the outlet or channel where a claim first appeared; reposts count once. A row counts no more independent origins than the event does above; where it lists more, it says so. This counts reports: it is not a measure of accuracy, and it does not change the event's status. "Reports differ" means two origins gave values that cannot both be true; it is about that detail, not about whether the incident happened.
| Detail | Reported | Reported by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| What happened | Explosion | The Times of Israel; The Jerusalem Post; IDF (via The SOFX Report); Haaretz; The Jewish Chronicle; The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 6 origins listed, counted as 3, not corroborated; limited by the event's status |
| Place | Northern Israel border area, Israel | The Times of Israel; The Jerusalem Post | 2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status |
| Place | Israel | IDF (via The SOFX Report); The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status |
| Place | Northern Israel, Israel | Haaretz; The Jewish Chronicle | 2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status |
| Who did it | Hezbollah | The Jerusalem Post; IDF (via The SOFX Report) | 2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status |
| Killed | 1 (figure from The Times of Israel; The Jerusalem Post; IDF; Haaretz) | The Times of Israel; The Jerusalem Post; IDF (via The SOFX Report); Haaretz | Figure from 3 sources, carried by 4 outlets; limited by the event's status |
| Injured | 24 (figure from IDF; Haaretz) | IDF (via The SOFX Report); Haaretz | Figure from 2 sources, carried by 2 outlets; limited by the event's status |
Not stated in any report: time.
This table may include reports the automated review judged to be about another incident.
No detail reads as corroborated while the event itself does not.
The disagreements listed under Verification are written by the automated review; this table is computed by rules, so the two lists can differ.
Sources
- The Times of Israel,
- The Jerusalem Post,
- The SOFX Report,
- Haaretz,
- Haaretz (English),
- The Times of Israel,
- The Times of Israel,
- The Jewish Chronicle,
- The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
First reported ; last updated .
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