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Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack
Four soldiers were killed and seven severely injured in the Hezbollah drone attack that targeted an army based in Benyamina, the Israeli army has confirmed. As we reported earlier, Israel’s national emergency medical service said a total of 61 people were injured in the attack.
Israel’s national emergency medical service has released a statement following the Hezbollah drone attack on Benyamina, in northern Israel.
Here are some highlights:
- The organisation declared the attack a “mass casualty event”
- 61 people were injured, including three in serious condition
- 37 were people taken to hospital.
“This was a very difficult scene. We declared it a mass casualty event and treated patients suffering from blast injuries and shrapnel. The injuries were severe, and we evacuated the injured to hospitals as quickly as possible for further medical treatment,” said Magen David Adom paramedic Rafi Sheva.
Emergency services personnel attend to the scene of a drone strike in Binyamina, Israel, on October 13
Hezbollah explains how it penetrated Israel’s air defence systems
Hezbollah has released a statement detailing how it carried out the drone attack on the army base that killed at last four Israeli soldiers.
“In a qualitative and complex operation, the missile force…launched dozens of missiles towards various targets… with the aim of occupying the Israeli air defence systems,” the statement said.
“At the same time, the air force of the Islamic Resistance launched squadrons of various drones towards various areas in Acre and Haifa. The qualitative drones were able to penetrate the Israeli air defence radars without being detected and reached their target in a training camp for the elite Golani Brigade in the Binyamina area.
“They exploded in the rooms where dozens of Israeli enemy officers and soldiers were present who were preparing to participate in the attack on Lebanon, including senior officers, resulting in the killing and wounding of dozens.”
Hezbollah also said that the deadly drone attack took place after the group had warned that continued assaults on Lebanon would turn Haifa and other areas in northern Israel into targets.
The group said Israel undermined Hezbollah’s capabilities while continuing to bombard Lebanon and killing its members, including its former chief Hassan Nasrallah. What Israel “witnessed today in southern Haifa is a small fraction of what awaits it if it decides to continue its aggression against our noble and dear people”, the statement added.
Israeli army says 5 projectiles intercepted
The Israeli army says alerts were activated in the “Gulf area” as five launches from Lebanon were intercepted.
Several people wounded in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that several people were wounded in Lebanon in an air strike near Sidon by Israel, which continued its bombardment of several towns in the south of the country.
- Israeli jets hit the town of Maghdoucheh near Sidon, while artillery targeted the towns of Aita al-Shaab, Ramyah and Qouzah in Nabatieh province.
- Air strikes also targeted the towns of Naqoura, Chamaa, and Tayr Harfa in Tyre province.
- In Marjayoun, the Israeli army shelled Markaba and conducted an air strike targeting Taybeh.
- Another Israeli air strike took place between the towns of Maghdoucheh Zita, and Aanqoun in Sidon.
