Hezbollah Drone Strike Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers on Military Base

A drone strike by Hezbollah on a military base in the north of Israel killed four soldiers and wounded dozens of other people, the Israeli military said Sunday.

The strike on the base in Binyamina, a town in the Haifa district, was interpreted in Israel not just as a show of resilience by Hezbollah but also as evidence of a worrisome gap in Israeli air defense systems. Hezbollah said it had launched a “swarm of attack drones” over the border into Israel.

“We are studying and investigating the incident — how a drone infiltrated without warning and struck the base,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman. “We must provide better defense.”

On Sunday, sirens warning of incoming rocket fire sounded across northern Israel, with Israel’s military saying that Hezbollah had fired around 115 rockets or missiles as of 3 p.m. local time.

Concern about further attacks on Israel, which is also at war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, prompted the United States to announce on Sunday that it was sending an advanced missile defense system to Israel, and 100 troops to operate it. That will put American forces still closer to the war in the Middle East.
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