Troops of the Givati Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit exchanged fire with Hezbollah operatives in the southern Lebanon town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah this morning, during which two officers were wounded, including one seriously, the IDF announces.
The incident took place at around 8 a.m. The IDF says one officer in the unit was severely hurt in the exchange of fire, and the unit’s commander, a lieutenant colonel, was lightly hurt.
According to the military, the troops opened fire on the Hezbollah gunmen and launched searches, as well as struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the area.
The seriously wounded officer was immediately airlifted to a hospital. The reconnaissance unit commander was evacuated only several hours later, after medical officials decided he required hospitalization.
In a separate incident yesterday, an officer was seriously wounded by an apparent Hezbollah explosive drone in southern Lebanon, the IDF says.
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