The Israeli army has said that two soldiers were injured when an explosive-laden drone detonated in a border area in northern Israel.
According to Israel’s public broadcaster, the army said on Wednesday that “two soldiers sustained moderate and light injuries after an explosive drone exploded near the border with Lebanon overnight.”
It also said that the Israeli Air Force intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” detected over the area where its forces are operating in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah’s drones, particularly those using fiber-optic technology, have increasingly posed a challenge for Israel and a direct threat to Israeli troops.
In late April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that Hezbollah’s missiles and drones constituted “two major threats,” and called on military commanders to address them.
