After the killing of four Israeli soldiers by a drone attack on Sunday night IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said ‘We are at war’
A Hezbollah strike killed four Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers on Sunday night—all of them 19 years old—and injured dozens of others according to the Israeli military.
Two Hezbollah drones were tracked by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on Sunday night—with one shot down off the coast near Haifa. The military lost track of the second drone, which was assumed to have crashed or been intercepted after dropping off IAF radars, according to several reports in Israeli media.
Speaking on Monday at the base that was hit, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is reported by Israeli media to have said, «We are at war, and an attack on a training base in the rear is difficult and the results are painful.»
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a statement reported by multiple media sources, that the drone had failed to set off any warning sirens in Israel and the circumstances surrounding the incident were still being examined.
«The IDF has full operational control over the incident», Hagari said. «We will investigate how a UAV can breach without warning and hit a base.» He added that Israel has faced the threat posed by UAVs «since the beginning of the war.»
«We are required to provide better protection», he said. «We will investigate this incident, learn from it and improve.
