Four Israeli soldiers are dead and 67 are hurt after Hezbollah aerial attack last night in what was labelled as the ‘deadliest strike’ since the invasion of Lebanon began.
The strike in the Binyamina area followed a barrage of rockets from Lebanon.
It was unclear whether the victims were soldiers or civilians. Of the three drones launched from Lebanon, two were intercepted but one breached Israeli air defences.
It appeared to be completely undetected, so no warning sirens were activated.
Yesterday the Israel Defence Force said it had conducted 200 airstrikes against Hezbollah targets across Lebanon in the past 24 hours, deploying four divisions to dismantle the group’s infrastructure in the south of the country.
But it is struggling to significantly curb rocket fire on Israel.
Yesterday’s strike was the second time in two days that a drone has got through. On Saturday, during the Yom Kippur holiday, a drone hit a suburb of Tel Aviv, causing damage but no injuries.