Four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack

Four soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an Israeli military base, military spokesman Hagari said. X said. According to him, more than fifty soldiers were wounded, seven of them seriously. Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom is talking about 61 injured.

The Hezbollah attack is one of the deadliest for Israel since the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 last year. The target was a military base near Binjamiena. That city is about eighty kilometers from the border with Lebanon, the home of Hezbollah.

According to Israeli media, Hezbollah shot down two drones. A drone was shot down by air defense. The army is said to have lost sight of the second drone. Finally he hit the barracks near Binjamiena. No sirens had gone off before the impact.

Before the army released information about casualties, Hezbollah itself said that the fighters had fired “a string of drones” at a base near Binjamiena. The attack is said to be in response to Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon last Thursday, which left 22 dead, according to Lebanese figures. Hezbollah threatens more attacks if Israel continues with attacks in Lebanon.

Hezbollah says the affected base was used as a training site for the Golani infantry unit. Israeli media do not mention details about the center due to military censorship.

Thanks to advanced defense systems like Iron Dome, rocket or drone attacks rarely cause deaths or injuries in Israel. The army is investigating how this drone did not set off an alarm. “We are investigating this incident and will learn from it,” military spokesman Hagari said in a video message.

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