Israeli soldier killed in Hezbollah drone attack
One Israeli soldier was killed Monday in a Hezbollah drone attack on the Ya’ra Barracks near the Lebanon-Israel border, the Israeli military said.
Hezbollah said it had launched exploding drones at two Israeli bases, including in the northern town of Nahariya, as tensions increase along the Lebanon-Israel border and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes his ninth diplomatic mission to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire deal to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it intercepted some projectiles coming from southern Lebanon, while others “fell in the area of Ya’ra,” without providing additional information.
The Israeli military told The Associated Press that there were multiple launches into the area.
The powerful Iran-backed Lebanese group said the two drone attacks targeted the Ya’ra Barracks near the U.N.-mandated Blue Line and an Israeli military logistics base deeper into the country in Nahariya. Hezbollah earlier also said they fired rockets and artillery at a group of Israeli soldiers trying to cross into Lebanese territory in the central sector.
The Israeli military told the AP that it was unaware of Hezbollah’s drone attack on Nahariya, and the group’s allegations that a group of Israeli troops were trying to cross into Lebanese territory overnight.
Israeli jets over Beirut broke the sound barrier, causing sonic booms in the Lebanese capital. The Israeli military said that it also targeted Hezbollah militants in the southeastern town of Houla and struck Hezbollah military infrastructure in Hanin and Ain al Shaab.
The group announced the deaths of at least two combatants on Monday.
Source: Associated Press
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