Twelve IDF soldiers were wounded on Thursday after a drone struck an armored military vehicle near the northern community of Shomera, as drone incursion sirens blared across northern communities throughout the morning.
According to the IDF, two soldiers were moderately wounded, and 10 others sustained light injuries after a Hezbollah explosive drone struck an armored vehicle, igniting a fire and reportedly triggering secondary explosions of ammunition inside.
Earlier Thursday, the IDF said it launched an interceptor toward a suspicious aerial target in southern Lebanon, without providing additional details.
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Thursday’s incidents follow a string of Hezbollah attacks, including the launch of explosive drones toward IDF troops south of the Forward Defense Line on Wednesday. The drones struck near Israeli forces, though no injuries were reported in those cases. In response, IDF troops from the 146th Division, in coordination with the Israel Air Force, killed five Hezbollah terrorists operating near Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, according to an IDF statement released Thursday.
Meanwhile, the IDF said it began striking Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon earlier Thursday, while forces from the Alpinist Unit, under the 810th Brigade, dismantled missile launch sites and staging positions in the Mount Dov area alongside the Yahalom combat engineering unit.
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Israeli officials have described the incidents as further violations of ceasefire understandings by Hezbollah, warning that the current situation allows the group to regroup and continue threatening Israeli troops and communities along Israel’s northern border. The IDF said it will continue to operate to remove threats to Israeli civilians and troops, in line with directives from the political echelon.
The escalation comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged US President Donald Trump to limit ongoing negotiations with Lebanon to a two- to three-week window, amid concerns that continued attacks are undermining deterrence and prospects for a diplomatic resolution.
