An IDF medical officer was killed and seven other troops were wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military announces.
The slain officer is named as Cpt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, 30, the medical officer for the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Tel Aviv.
In addition, two officers and a soldier were seriously wounded, one soldier was moderately hurt, and two officers and a soldier were lightly injured in the attack.
During the attack shortly after noon local time on Monday, two explosive-laden first-person view (FPV) drones launched by Hezbollah struck an armored vehicle in the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, according to an IDF probe.
The explosion from the drones killed Silvester and wounded the seven other soldiers.
Among those lightly hurt is the commander of the Shaked Battalion, a lieutenant colonel. The IDF says the battalion commander is due to return to command the unit in the coming days.
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