The Lebanese Hezbollah terror group launched several explosive-laden drones at northern Israel on Sunday, seriously wounding a soldier in one incident, as the Israeli military said it shot down an unmanned aerial aircraft heading toward the country from Iraq.
Sunday’s drone launches came amid fears of a wider conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group in Lebanon, which has ramped up its attacks in recent months.
In the first incident on Sunday morning, an explosive-laden drone launched from Lebanon struck an area near the northern community of Beit Hillel, the military and local authorities said.
The Israel Defense Forces said an interceptor missile was launched at the UAV, although it failed to intercept the device.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the drone attack, claiming to have targeted an Israeli military base adjacent to the community.
Several hours later, another drone apparently launched by Hezbollah was shot down over the Lower Galilee, near a sensitive defense facility.
Rocket sirens sounded in several towns near Sakhnin, some 25 kilometers from the Lebanon border, over fears of falling shrapnel following the interception, the IDF said.
Footage circulating on social media showed one of the Hezbollah drones impacting near a military base before a second one was shot down by air defenses.
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