Israel says 4 soldiers wounded in Hezbollah drone attack
The Israeli military said in a statement Thursday that an "explosive drone impact" had wounded four of its soldiers -- one severely -- in southern Lebanon the previous day.
Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs Wednesday in the first such attack in nearly a month, killing a senior Hezbollah commander from its elite Radwan force.
At least 11 others were killed in strikes across the country's south and east, Lebanon's health ministry said.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed more than 2,700 people and displaced more than a million, particularly from southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs, since March 2.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday it had "verified 152 attacks on healthcare that resulted in 103 deaths and 241 injuries".
"These attacks have resulted in the closure of three hospitals and 41 primary health centres and caused damage to a further 16 hospitals."
The terms of the ceasefire allow Israel to act against "planned, imminent or ongoing attacks" by Hezbollah.
Visiting troops in southern Lebanon, where Israel has established a "yellow line", Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir said they will "seize every opportunity to deepen the dismantling of Hezbollah and continue weakening it".
Source: Agence France Presse
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