US EditionIsraeli Soldier Killed, 6 Wounded in Hezbollah Drone Attack in Southern Lebanon
Hezbollah’s upgraded explosive drone campaign has repeatedly targeted Israeli forces, with the military saying the attack also lightly wounded the contractor’s 19-year-old son.
- On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, an enemy drone killed Amer Hujairat, a 44-year-old Defense Ministry contractor, in the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon while operating an engineering vehicle. His 19-year-old son, working alongside him, was lightly wounded by shrapnel.
- Hezbollah has increasingly deployed fiber-optic FPV drones imported from the Ukrainian front and modified in local workshops with explosives and cameras. These wire-connected systems are difficult to jam, allowing the group to bypass standard IDF electronic warfare defenses.
- Recent attempts to intercept these threats have failed, with soldiers forced to fire personal weapons at incoming drones. Other recent drone attacks killed one soldier and wounded several others, including Sgt. Idan Fooks, during an evacuation helicopter operation.
- The IDF denounced the strike as a violation of ceasefire understandings, while the Defense Ministry issued a call for proposals to find new counter-drone solutions. Home Front Command guidelines remain unchanged until Thursday at 8 P.M.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Monday that resolving the "two problems"—missile and drone threats—is essential to the "diplomatic side" of the conflict. A Hezbollah official threatened a return to 1980s-style suicide bomber tactics against the IDF.
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Israeli civilian contractor killed by Hezbollah drone in Lebanon
A 19-year-old witnessed his father’s death in a deadly drone strike in southern Lebanon. By World Israel News Staff An Arab citizen of Israel was killed in southern Lebanon after an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck while he was working as a civilian contractor for Israel’s Defense Ministry. Amer Hujirat, 44, was operating heavy engineering equipment to demolish Hezbollah infrastructure near the town of Aitaroun, close to the group’s …
Two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were wounded in the attack.
As they loaded wounded in a helicopter, Israeli soldiers were confronted with the unexpected arrival of a suicide bomber drone that they managed to shoot down.
Whoa, Hezbollah FPV Drone Targets Israeli Troops Loading Medivac Helo, Narrowly Misses - Armed Forces Press
Footage of a Hezbollah FPV strike drone barely missing an Israeli medevac flight in southern Lebanon this afternoon. The flight was carrying soldiers injured/killed in another Hezbollah FPV drone attack earlier this morning. If the Rumble video embed doesn't load, go here. ‘NO AD’ subscription for CDM! Sign up here and support real investigative journalism and help save the republic! The post WATCH: Whoa, Hezbollah FPV Drone Targets Israeli Tro…
Hezbollah’s Drone Tactics Challenge Israel’s Military Advantage
The large-scale use of low-cost FPV drones has allowed Hezbollah to offset the military superiority of the Israeli army, Dmitry Kuzyakin, chief designer of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions, said in an interview with Izvestia. "Hezbollah has relied on the mass deployment of UAVs as a tool of the "third technological league.' Low production costs combined with high effectiveness make it possible to neutralize the enemy's advantage,” he…
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