Hezbollah drone attack wounds Israeli reservist while rockets strike Upper Galilee

An Israeli reservist was wounded in a drone attack launched by Hezbollah targeting Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported early Friday, as cross-border exchanges intensified.

In a series of statements late Thursday, the Lebanese group said it attacked a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles near a school in the town of Bint Jbeil with artillery fire, struck an Israeli bulldozer carrying out demolition operations in the town of Rashaf using an attack drone and fired a volley of rockets toward the settlement of Shtula.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Home Front Command said sirens sounded in Shtula in the western sector along the Lebanese border.

Israeli media reported that three rockets were intercepted, while two fell in open areas in the Upper Galilee.

The reports added that Israeli warplanes carried out strikes in Lebanon following the rocket fire.

The Israeli army claimed it struck two loaded rocket launchers and killed three Hezbollah fighters who were attempting to target its forces in southern Lebanon.

It also claimed that it targeted what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure after an explosive drone was launched toward Israeli troops.