Held onto munition for an hour
Disturbing details from deadly school trip explosion
Students say they found missiles and carried a cluster munition for over an hour before it exploded during lunch, killing 14-year-old Elazar Yair Wilensky.
Students say they found missiles and carried a cluster munition for over an hour before it exploded during lunch, killing 14-year-old Elazar Yair Wilensky.


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