Israeli soldier wounded in Hezbollah aircraft attack, military says

PHOTO CAPTION: Israeli soldiers operate in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the border with Syria, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, December 28, 2023. REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A "hostile aircraft" launched from Lebanon injured an Israeli soldier in northern Israel, the military said on Tuesday.

It did not say what the aircraft was but it typically refers to a drone attack.

The soldier was evacuated to a hospital.

Israel's military said soldiers identified a "terrorist cell" operating within a Hezbollah military structure in the area of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon. It struck the structure and eliminated the cell.

Israeli artillery also struck in the areas of Chebaa and Yarine in southern Lebanon.



(Reporting by Steven Scheer)