'Israel' admits soldier killed in Hezbollah strike on military post
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The Israeli occupation army identified the killed soldier as Staff Sgt. Haim Sabach (20) of the Border Defense Corps' 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit.
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The position in Metulla that was targeted by a drone launched by Hezbollah resulting in the killing of two Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 (Social media)
The Israeli occupation army admitted on Thursday the death of an Israeli soldier as a result of a Hezbollah operation carried out one day earlier.
In a statement, it was confirmed that the soldier, Staff Sgt. Haim Sabach (20) of the Border Defense Corps' 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit, was killed in a Hezbollah "mortar and missile attack" targeting al-Malikiyah military base on Wednesday. The occupation army revealed that another soldier was lightly wounded.
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This comes just a few days after the occupation said that two soldiers were killed as a result of a one-way drone attack carried out by the Resistance group against their post in the Metulla settlement earlier on Tuesday.
Nowhere to hide
Hezbollah launched its operations against the Israeli occupation last October, one day after Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, declaring that southern Lebanon is a support front for Gaza.
An Israeli report on Wednesday acknowledged that the air defense division in northern occupied Palestine is not able to "100% confront" the one-way drones launched by Hezbollah, which are sent from a short range and fly at a low altitude.
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Guy Varon, Israeli Channel 12 correspondent in the north, pointed out that the drones launched by the Resistance on Metulla accurately struck their targets, stressing that many of the UAVs that penetrate the airspace, "film and collect information without hindrance by the security establishment."
Reservists serving in the north for the past seven months were quoted by the outlet as saying that many small drones pass over their heads before they see the large explosive-laden kamikaze drones.
"There is no actual Israeli response to the launch of drones from Lebanon," the soldiers told Channel 12, adding that "the drones penetrate the sky without warning many times."
"Even in cases where a warning is given, there is not always a fortified place, or it is not always accessible."
