An IDF soldier was killed, and two reservists were wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in northern Israel, close to the border with Lebanon yesterday, the military announces.
The slain servicewoman is named as Sgt. Rotem Yanai, 20, a service conditions NCO in the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion, from Giv’at Ada.
Two drones launched by Hezbollah exploded in a military zone on the border during the attack, according to an initial military probe.
One of the drones killed Yanai as she was running to a shelter. The second drone seriously wounded a reservist and moderately injured another.
The drones had triggered sirens in the area as they were identified. However, they were not intercepted.
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