A leftover munition wounded six Thai migrant workers in Israel, two of them seriously, when it detonated on Tuesday in an agricultural field in the Metula area on the country's border with Lebanon.
Thai Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat said on Wednesday morning that the two serious cases had undergone surgical procedures while the four others were in safe condition, citing information from the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv.
The incident occurred in an orchard in the northern town near the Lebanon border, according to Israeli national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA).
The six injured men, identified as Thai nationals, were evacuated by helicopter and ambulances to hospital. All received treatment at Ziv Medical Centre in Safed.
The explosion was reportedly the result of an existing unexploded munition that had not been located or neutralised amid the prolonged fighting along Israel’s northern border.
Officials of the Thai embassy have visited the injured and have resolved to follow up on compensation for them.
The embassy on Wednesday warned Thais, who make up the largest group of foreigners working in Israel, not to touch shrapnel, interceptor fragments or other remnants of munitions that may be found.
They are urged to report such objects to police for their safety.
