Senior Hezbollah official killed in southern Lebanon strike, after terror group boasts new UAV
A senior official in the terrorist organization Hezbollah was killed in a retaliatory strike by the IAF, after the group claimed to use a new missile-launching drone to attack Israel Thursday night, Israeli media reported on Friday morning.
According to Hezbollah, during the attack, the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flew towards an IDF base near Metulla and targeted IDF soldiers.
Hezbollah video wherein the Lebanon-based terror organization claims to have struck Metulla with a missile-firing UAV. May 17, 2024.
In one of Hezbollah’s attacks on the North on Friday, one soldier was seriously wounded, and two others were lightly wounded, the military confirmed.
The IDF later confirmed that a base near Golani junction in the Lower Galilee was hit after 50 of 60 launched missiles crossed into Israeli territory. The majority of other missiles landed in open areas.
Hezbollah published a video on Friday morning of a UAV launching multiple missiles, two S5 missiles.
Israel responds by striking deep into Lebanon
The IAF launched airstrikes on the village of A-Najaria near Sidon, Lebanon in response to the UAV. The target was only tens of kilometers away from the Israel-Lebanon border.
There are multiple wounded and dead, according to Israeli media citing Lebanese reports.
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