IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon have located the fortified Hezbollah anti-tank missile position from which missiles were fired at the tank of IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin during the Second Lebanon War, seriously wounding him according to a report by Walla.

The position was discovered by troops from the IDF’s 36th Division during operations in the Wadi Saluki area and the nearby villages of Ghandouriyeh and Froun. Soldiers found Fagot or Konkurs anti-tank missiles at the site, along with a launcher positioned and ready to fire toward the same area where the attack took place.

The battle in Wadi Saluki and the surrounding villages was one of the fiercest engagements of the Second Lebanon War. Israeli armored forces began crossing Wadi Saluki while troops from the Nahal Brigade and the Combat Engineering Corps were tasked with securing the area. The operation was delayed several times before moving forward.

Hezbollah identified the movement of the Israeli forces, ambushed them, and launched a large barrage of Kornet anti-tank missiles. Eleven IDF officers and soldiers, including two company commanders from the 401st Armored Brigade, were killed, and more than 50 others were wounded. Among those seriously wounded was then-commander of the 9th Battalion, Effie Defrin, who lost consciousness after his tank was struck.

Last week, Brig. Gen. Defrin visited Wadi Brik, the area from which he had advanced toward Wadi Saluki as commander of the 9th Battalion, opposite the village of Ghandouriyeh.

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