Three soldiers were injured, one very seriously and two lightly, in a Hezbollah drone attack near Metula in northern Israel late Thursday afternoon
The wounded soldiers were evacuated to Ziv Hospital in Tzfas.
In recent hours, the IDF carried out numerous strikes against Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon in response to Hezbollah’s rocket barrage of over 40 rockets at Ramat HaGolan on Thursday morning.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and said that they targeted IDF posts near Metula with an armed drone that launched two missiles.
It is unknown at this time if the claim is true. Hezbollah has previously launched explosive drones against Israel but has never before fired an armed drone.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Clearly Israels air defenses are not nearly sufficient to protect against drones launched from closer distances such as Lebanon. Big problem. Hezbollah seems to have taken note of this and has significantly increased its use of drones.
There is a reason Israel has nukes and similar – it is for animals such as these. I suggest Israel consider using some real weaponry on these vermin – perhaps take out Beirut for example to start,