60 Israeli troops hurt, some critically, as drone from Lebanon hits their base

An Israeli volunteer rescue service on Sunday said more than 60 Israeli soldiers were wounded south of Haifa, where Hezbollah earlier claimed a drone strike that targeted a military base.

"With the help of United Hatzalah ambulance teams, we provided assistance to over 60 wounded people with varying degrees of injuries -- critical, serious, moderate and mild," the rescue service United Hatzalah said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

Earlier Sunday, Hezbollah, which is at war with Israel, said it launched "a squadron of attack drones" at a military training camp in Binyamina, south of Haifa, in response to Israeli air strikes on the country, especially on Noueiri and Basta in the heart of the capital Beirut.

The incident comes two days after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel after two aerial drones entered Israel from Lebanon, with at least one building damaged north of Tel Aviv during the incident.

Hezbollah has been regularly firing rockets and drones across the border into Israel for more than a year, but has reached further since late September when fighting escalated.

Israel's sophisticated air defenses, including the Iron Dome system, have intercepted most of the projectiles, with few casualties caused by strikes or falling debris.