Two wounded following drone attack in Western Galilee

Following the drone intrusion alerts which sounded in northern Israel, several drones were identified as crossing into Israel from Lebanon, the IDF confirmed on Tuesday. 

One drone was intercepted and others impacted south of Nahariya, wounding civilians, the IDF added. 

Earlier, Magen David Adom (MDA) said a man and a woman in their 30s were in serious and moderate-to-light condition, respectively.

The two were wounded from shrapnel and were transferred to the Galilee Medical Center for further treatment. 

MDA paramedics Roi Vishna and Noam Levi recounted what they saw upon arrival at the scene. “We saw the male unconscious in the car with a severe head injury from shrapnel. A female who was fully conscious with shrapnel injuries to her lower limbs was in a parking lot nearby. We treated the male, including ventilating him and providing medications, and evacuated him by MICU in very serious condition to the hospital. The female casualty was evacuated in mild to moderate condition.”

Earlier on Tuesday, at 12:21 and 12:26 p.m., drone intrusion alerts sounded in Nahariya and Acre in Western Galilee.

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Among other places, alerts also sounded in the localities of Kibbutz Lochamei HaGetaot, Evron, and Regba. 

IDF strikes in southern Lebanon

Footage alleging to show a drone flying over northern Israel was shared across social media following the alerts. 

Hezbollah later claimed to have launched a squadron of suicide drones at northern Israel. A Hezbollah source told Reuters this was not the terror group’s response to the IDF’s elimination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut last week. 

Earlier on Tuesday, the IDF said the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck a structure which was utilized by Hezbollah terrorists in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon. The military also added that it had struck a structure in the Khiam area in southern Lebanon.  

This is a developing story. 

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