Hezbollah Drone Strike Kills IDF Soldiers and Wounds Dozens in Second Attack in Two Days
- Milton Quintanilla Crosswalk Headlines Contributor
- Published Oct 14, 2024
A drone strike by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group on a military base in Binyamina, Israel, killed at least 4 people and wounded nearly 60 others.
"Yesterday, a UAV launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organization hit an army base," the IDF said in a post on X. "[Four] IDF soldiers were killed in the incident. The IDF shares in the grief of the bereaved families and will continue to accompany them."
Yesterday, a UAV launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organization hit an army base.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 13, 2024
4 IDF soldiers were killed in the incident.
The IDF shares in the grief of the bereaved families and will continue to accompany them.
We ask to refrain from spreading rumours and the names of…
An earlier report on Sunday confirmed that nearly 60 people were wounded in the strike, according to rescue services in Israel.
Meanwhile, Israel reported that two drones were launched from Lebanon, but one of them was intercepted.
It remains unclear whether military members or civilians were hurt in the strike. Hezbollah, which claimed responsibility, said that the strike on the military base was in response to Israel's two strikes in Beirut that killed 22 people. The incident marks the second time in two days that a drone struck Israel.
As Israel was celebrating Yon Kippur on Sunday, there was a drone strike in a Tel Aviv suburb that damaged the area, but no one was injured, Fox News reported.
Israel has been the target of massive waves of missiles by Iran and proxy terrorist groups earlier this year and again on Oct. 1. According to Pentagon officials, Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) has previously been deployed to Israel in 2019, but only for an exercise.
Sunday's strike came the same day the U.S. announced it would send a new air defense system to Israel to increase protection from missiles.
"The THAAD Battery will augment Israel's integrated air defense system. This action underscores the United States' ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel and to defend Americans in Israel from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran. It is part of the broader adjustments the U.S. military has made in recent months to support the defense of Israel and protect Americans from attacks by Iran and Iranian-aligned militias," the Pentagon said in a statement.
Iran's massive missile barrage, which took place on Oct. 1, demonstrated the threat Iran poses to Israel as a regional power. Although debris from hundreds of rockets and missiles rained down on Israeli territory, there were no Israeli fatalities reported.
Photo Credit: ©X/Israel Defense Forces
