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Hezbollah drone attack kills four IDF soldiers as US prepares to send missile system to Israel

An Israeli soldier secures a road after a drone attack by Hezbollah that caused mass casualties on Sunday in Binyamina, central Israel.
An Israeli soldier secures a road after a drone attack by Hezbollah that caused mass casualties on Sunday in Binyamina, central Israel. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images

A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others on Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.

Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city a retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people. It later said it targeted Israel’s elite Golani brigade, launching dozens of missiles to occupy Israeli air defence systems during the assault by “squadrons” of drones.

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