The IDF provided additional details of Wednesday morning's double drone attack near the Givati Brigade's position in the Tabnit area of southern Lebanon. An explosive drone detonated near a tank at around 06:00, wounding four soldiers. Shortly after, a second drone hit the evacuation vehicle, wounding a fifth soldier. All were airlifted to a hospital. The IDF struck terror infrastructure with artillery fire.
In a detailed update at around 17:01 Jerusalem, the IDF provided a more precise timeline of Wednesday morning's double drone attack near a Givati Brigade position in the Tabnit area of southern Lebanon. The first explosive drone detonated near a tank at approximately 06:00, wounding four soldiers. A second drone then struck the evacuation vehicle minutes later, wounding a fifth soldier. All five were airlifted to a hospital and their families notified. The IDF also confirmed it struck terror infrastructure in the area with artillery.
The sequence of events was reported incrementally on Wednesday. The initial IDF statement, as The Zioneer reported at 17:13 Jerusalem, confirmed the total of five wounded soldiers — one severely, two moderately, and two lightly — across two strikes. Subsequent updates, published at 17:01 Jerusalem (versions 2 and 3), clarified that the first blast wounded four soldiers near a tank and that the evacuation vehicle was struck directly by the second drone. The source of the details remained the IDF Spokesperson throughout, with no notable change in corroboration.
Hezbollah has escalated its use of loitering munitions against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon in recent weeks. As The Zioneer reported on Sunday Jun 14, four reserve soldiers were moderately wounded by an explosive drone in the same sector. A separate incident on Thursday Jun 11 saw a female soldier moderately wounded in a similar strike. The ongoing drone attacks, along with rocket and anti-tank missile fire documented by The Zioneer, reflect the persistent threat to IDF operations in the area.
The IDF has not attributed a specific responsibility for the attack, though Hezbollah has been the primary actor in previous drone strikes on the northern border. The condition of the wounded soldiers, beyond the initial severity classifications, has not been updated.
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