Hezbollah Attack Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers

Meanwhile, Israeli strike on Gaza reportedly kills 20 sheltering at a school
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Oct 14, 2024 12:30 AM CDT
Hezbollah Attack Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers
A man walks amid destroyed buildings at a commercial street that was hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes, in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.   (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people. It later said it targeted Israel's elite Golani brigade, launching dozens of missiles to occupy Israeli air defense systems during the assault by "squadrons" of drones, the AP reports. Israel's national rescue service said the attack wounded 61. With Israel's advanced air-defense systems, it's rare for so many people to be hurt by drones or missiles.

Meanwhile, inside Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people including children at a school Sunday night, according to two local hospitals. The school in Nuseirat was sheltering some of the many Palestinians displaced by the war. Explosions also hit early Monday outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Tents caught fire, causing panic among dozens of people, and some people carried the injured into the hospital. (Hezbollah's deadly strike in Israel came the same day that the United States announced it would send a new air-defense system to Israel to help bolster protection against missiles, along with troops needed to operate it.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X