An IDF officer and two soldiers were seriously wounded after a Hezbollah drone exploded near them over Shabbos near the Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon.

The attack occurred overnight Friday, at about 2:30 a.m.

Following the ceasefire violation, the IDF launched a wave of strikes against Hezbollah targets, eliminating a Radwan Force commander and other terrorists.

According to Lebanese reports, multiple Lebanese civilians were killed and wounded in the strikes, leading to harsh statements against Israel. In response, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement on the incident, violating its usual protocol of not issuing statements on Shabbos.

The statement said: “This morning Hezbollah violated the ceasefire in Lebanon by attacking our soldiers in the security zone, which protects Israeli communities just across the border. The Hezbollah attack seriously injured three of our soldiers. The IDF responded by striking the Hezbollah terror headquarters which ordered the attack.”

“Only later did the IDF learn that Hezbollah deliberately put civilians in that military compound.

“Hezbollah is willing to do anything, including using its own civilians as human shields, to falsely accuse Israel of deliberately targeting civilians, which the IDF clearly did not.”

(YWN’s Jerusalem desk is keeping you updated after tzeis ha’Shabbos in Israel)