Six foreign workers were injured early Tuesday morning, two of them seriously, when an old explosive detonated in an agricultural field in Metula, according to police and medics.

Metula is Israel’s northernmost community, located near the Israel-Lebanon border, which has been the site of heavy fighting over the past three years.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said that medics — in conjunction with an IDF medical team — evacuated the wounded via helicopter and ambulances to Ziv Medical Center in Safed.

Two people who were seriously injured and another who was moderately injured were admitted to the trauma room for initial medical treatment, according to Ziv.

Three additional wounded were being treated in the Emergency Department.

According to the Ynet news site, the wounded farmhands hailed from Thailand.

Police said they were investigating the cause of the explosion and called on the public not to touch any shrapnel or interceptor debris that they may come across.

The Metula Municipality said the incident occurred in a nectarine orchard next to the city, and that “according to the details currently........

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