40 members of a group from Jerusalem, ranging in age from seven to 14 have been brought to the Terem emergency room in Nahariya with complaints of rash, swelling and itching in the skin and eyes after being in a grove in the north.
The initial suspicion of the Terem doctors is that it from a Thaumetopoea a processionary wooly-bear-type caterpillar that can trigger a dangerous allergic reaction. After initial treatment, the children were sent to hospitals for further treatment and follow-up.