Hamas uses drone to drop explosive on troops in north Gaza’s Jabalia, wounding 3

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Hamas used a drone to drop an explosive or a grenade on forces operating in the Jabalia area of the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, according to the military.

The explosion wounded two soldiers of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit moderately and lightly injured a Shin Bet officer.

In a separate incident yesterday in operations in in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, IDF reservist Master Sgt. (res.) Alon Farkas, 27, was killed by gunfire. A second reservist was seriously wounded.

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