An IDF officer was moderately wounded and three other soldiers were lightly hurt during a close-quarters encounter with a Hezbollah terrorist in the Beit Ya'hon area of southern Lebanon, the military said Friday. The terrorist threw a grenade at the troops, who returned fire and killed him. The 91st Division's fire division also struck terrorist infrastructure in the area.
The IDF confirmed on Friday that a combat officer was moderately wounded and two other soldiers and another officer sustained light wounds in a close-quarters encounter with a Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon on Thursday night. According to military details released at 08:47, the incident occurred around 22:00 Thursday in the Beit Ya'hon security zone during an operational activity by the 679th Brigade. A Hezbollah terrorist hiding in a structure threw a grenade at the troops, who responded with fire and killed him at the scene. All wounded soldiers were evacuated for medical treatment and their families notified. Separately, the 91st Division's fire division struck several terrorist infrastructure sites in the area with artillery and aerial fire. The incident adds to a series of IDF casualties in southern Lebanon in recent weeks, including a separate clash earlier in June in which an officer was severely wounded. The IDF statement provides the official military account, with no independent corroboration available at this time.
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