{"id":781466,"date":"2026-05-08T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/781466\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:30:36","slug":"idf-soldier-seriously-injured-by-explosive-drone-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/781466\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF soldier seriously injured by explosive drone in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">An IDF soldier was severely injured on Wednesday, and three additional soldiers were lightly injured as a result of an explosive drone impact in southern Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson&#8217;s Unit said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The soldiers were evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, and their families have been notified.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">During the night, sirens were activated in Kiryat Shmona and the surrounding area due to concerns of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) infiltration from Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Later, the IDF said that the Israeli Air Force intercepted a suspicious aerial target launched from Lebanon toward Israeli territory.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Missiles and rocket alerts were activated due to concerns of falling debris from the interceptor.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">On Wednesday evening, the IDF updated that an IDF soldier was severely injured as a result of an explosive drone impact in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The soldier was evacuated to receive medical treatment at a hospital, and his family has been notified.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">In addition, in several different incidents on Wednesday afternoon, interceptors were launched toward rockets and suspicious aerial targets in the area in which IDF soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">No IDF injuries were reported. No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.<\/p>\n<p data-v-753a4075=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Earlier, Hezbollah fired short-range explosive drones and several rockets toward IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon. The attack included several separate incidents in which the group attempted to hit soldiers on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An IDF soldier was severely injured on Wednesday, and three additional soldiers were lightly injured as a result&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":781467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[127189,99,13192,50,267659,130393],"class_list":{"0":"post-781466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-drone-attack","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-lebanon","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-roaring-lion","13":"tag-southern-lebanon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116537788297158227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}