JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF has revealed that in Wednesday’s Hezbollah attack on the village of Arab Al-Aramshe near the Lebanese border, 14 IDF soldiers and 4 civilians were wounded after two Hezbollah drones and two anti-tank missiles fired at and around the village’s community center exploded, causing significant casualties.
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The village is less than three kilometers from the Lebanese village from which the anti-tank missiles and drones were launched, and this is believed to be the reason that air defense systems did not succeed in identifying the drones before they hit, although the IDF is still investigating the matter. The investigation is also focusing on why the building materials of the structures hit in the attack did not sufficiently protect those inside.
Of the 14 soldiers, six are seriously wounded, two moderately wounded, and six more lightly wounded. The families have been notified and the wounded transferred to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.
In addition, a vehicle was hit by an anti-tank missile at the scene, and the wounded were brought to the Galilee Medical Center.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday, saying it launched missiles and drones on an Israeli military facility in Arab al-Aramshe in response to the Israeli killing of Hezbollah members and commanders in Lebanon.
Early Wednesday morning, two Hezbollah commanders were killed, among them the commander of the coastal region of the terrorist organization, Ismail Yusef Baz, whose rank is equivalent to an Israeli brigade commander.
This brought the number of brigade-level Hezbollah commanders killed by Israel since the start of the war to six, while the total number of brigade and medium level commanders killed by Israel is over 30, and the total number of Hezbollah and other terrorists killed is close to 350.
Responding to the current Hezbollah attacks, the IAF struck Hezbollah in the Naqura and Yaareen areas. The IDF said after the attack that it had also targeted the sites where the drones and missiles were fired from, as well as a building in Ayta ash Shab where Hezbollah terrorists were spotted.
Later in the evening the IAF struck deep in Lebanon in the Baalbeq region in the Beqaa valley. Another strike was launched against a target near Kawkaba in southern Lebanon in order to “remove a threat.”
Time to wipe Lebanon off the map. They’re practically begging for it. But of course, “what will the world say?” It has always been a crime for Jews to retaliate, going back to the Purim story. That was the chiddush – Achashverosh let the Jews defend themselves. Such a sweetheart!