Amer Hujirat, a Defense Ministry civilian contractor in southern Lebanon, was killed in a drone strike on Tuesday, Ziv Medical Center in Safed reported Wednesday.
Hujirat, 44, from Shfaram, was killed when a Hezbollah drone exploded near him. It also lightly wounded his 19-year-old son, who was working with him.
The incident was the latest in a series of challenges for the IDF posed by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The terrorist group has been using fiber-optic “wire drones.” They cannot be electronically jammed, because they are controlled via a fiber-optic wire rather than radio waves or satellite navigation.
IDF strikes Hezbollah infrastructure sites, one soldier lightly wounded
The IDF said it had struck several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. One soldier had been lightly wounded, it said.
In addition to airstrikes that targeted rocket launchers, weapons storage facilities, and military structures, the IDF said the IAF had killed three Hezbollah operatives who fired at soldiers.