Three IDF Soldiers Seriously Wounded in Hezbollah Drone Attack
Three IDF soldiers were seriously wounded in a Hezbollah attack in the Ali Taher Ridge area of southern Lebanon at 2:30 AM Friday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
According to the IDF, an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck near soldiers from the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, seriously wounding an officer and two soldiers. They were taken to a hospital and their families were notified.
In response, the IDF struck Hezbollah sites in Nabatieh and Ansar, killing a senior commander. Lebanese media reported that seven people were killed in the Ansar strike.
“This morning Hezbollah violated the ceasefire in Lebanon by attacking our soldiers in the security zone, which protects Israeli communities just across the border,” the Prime Minister’s Office said. “The IDF responded by striking the Hezbollah terror headquarters which ordered the attack.”
The PMO said the IDF only later learned that Hezbollah had deliberately placed civilians inside the military compound.
