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Drone footage shows IDF troops eliminating 2 Hezbollah gunmen
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
New drone footage released by the IDF shows two Hezbollah gunmen being eliminated in a battle with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
Reservists of the 226th Paratroopers Brigade had engaged the gunmen during their operations in southern Lebanon.
The IDF says the troops, with support from combat engineering vehicles and a drone, pushed the Hezbollah operatives back and killed them with gunfire from the ground and munitions dropped from the drone.
According to the military, troops found numerous weapons in the area where the gunmen were killed.
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