From the Liveblog of
Monday, April 13, 2026
IDF footage shows Hezbollah operative being targeted with first-person view drone in Bint Jbeil
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF publishes footage showing the targeting of a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil using a first-person view (FPV) drone.
According to the military, during the incident yesterday, troops of the Egoz commando unit identified and killed a cell of Hezbollah operatives who had been planning to carry out drone attacks on the troops in Bint Jbeil.
A short while later, another operative from the cell was identified, and he was targeted and killed using an FPV drone, the IDF says.
The IDF publishes footage showing the killing of a Hezbollah operative in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil using an FPV drone. pic.twitter.com/d07dzHsdWH
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 13, 2026
Hezbollah operatives have also been using FPV drones in attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
In another incident yesterday, the IDF says three more Hezbollah operatives were identified by the Maglan commando unit in Bint Jbeil. Within a short while, the operatives were targeted and killed in an airstrike, the military says.
The Times of Israel Community.