2010
A number of children were
reportedly injured in Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, the result of playing with
fireworks ahead of Purim.
Source: "Motzei
Shabbos Recap from Eretz Yisrael", 20.2.2010, http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=48984
2009
A boy (14) was seriously injured after a Purim
firecracker he was holding exploded, tearing five fingers off his hand and
launching shrapnel into his face. 4.3.2009
Source: "Youth loses five fingers
after playing with Purim firecracker", 4.3.2009, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103156319&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Moshav Kadima, near Kfar Sava. The
celebrations were marred when a pyrotechnician was gravely injured while
launching the fireworks. Police said initial inquiries indicate that one of the
rockets used to shoot the fireworks display misfired, hitting the man in the
neck. 28.4.2009
Source:
"Israel celebrates 61", 29.4.2009, http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/16156/
"Tel Aviv takes center stage on
Israel's 61st Independence Day", 30.4.2009, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081961.html
Jerusalem. During haredi
protest in front of the Intel plant, a police officer was injured from a fire
cracker tossed at him.
Source: "2 cops lightly injured during haredi protest in Jerusalem", 27.12.2009, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3826007,00.html
2008
Tuba,
Sajur, Salame/North District. Two boys in the North who were celebrating Id
al-Adha with firecrackers suffer from penetrating wounds to their eyes and deep
cuts in the back of their eyes, and one boy also suffered damage to his cornea.
Two others were were injured by the explosive force of a firecracker thrown near
them and are being treated for bleeding from their eyes. The four are ages eight
to 14.
Source:
"Boys seriously hurt by firecrackers while marking Id al-Adha holiday",
11.12.2008, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728164120&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
2007
A
girl (12) was injured when a firework set fire to her clothes in the Gadish
neighborhood, burning her severely all over her body.
Source: "Two children injured by dangerous Purim toys", 4.3.2007, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894563400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hapoel
Tel Aviv supporters were expelled from the stadium during their team's first leg
of the UEFA Cup second qualifying round match away to Bosnian side Siroki Brijeg
after they started throwing fire crackers, setting fire to several seats.
16.8.2007
Source: "Soccer: Hapoel fans kicked out of UEFA Cup match", 16.8.2007, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1186557468703&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jerusalem.
Basketball game Hapoel Holon – Hapoel Jerusalem: A hooligan threw a large
firecracker from the stands into the floor. A security officer grabbed it and
tried to get it away, but it exploded in his hands, cutting 3 of his fingers.
11.11.2007
Source:
"Firecracker stopped the Game in Jerusalem", 11.11.2007, http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=10180
"Explosive
thrown during league basketball game in Jerusalem, guard wounded",
11.11.2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/11/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Blast.php
"Security guard wounded by explosive at J'lem basketball game", 12.11.2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/922724.html
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"Firecracker victim's fingers saved", 13.11.2007, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380802169&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FshowFull: A plastic surgeon succeeded during a nine-hour operation on November 12 in reattaching three fingers nearly severed and seriously damaged when a security guard picked up a firecracker thrown during a basektball game. |
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"Court sentences man who threw flare at basketball game to three years in prison", 15.9.2008, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1021311.html: September 15, 2008, a Jerusalem court sentenced a man to three years in prison and one year probation for throwing a flare onto a basketball court in 2007, which caused physical injury to a security guard during a game between Hapoel Jerusalem and Hapoel Holon. The court also ordered the man to pay NIS 150,000 in compensation to the security guard, who lost two fingers when he picked up the flare and it exploded in his hand. |