Engineering contractor killed by Hezbollah drone explosion in southern Lebanon

7 articles · Updated · Haaretz · Apr 28

The victim, working for Israel's Defense Ministry, was killed while demolishing buildings; his 19-year-old son was lightly injured. The attack occurred as Israeli forces re-occupied parts of southern Lebanon.
The IDF reported destroying two kilometers of tunnels in the buffer zone and vowed to eliminate all Hezbollah 'terror infrastructure.' Three Lebanese civil defense members also died in an Israeli strike during a rescue operation nearby.
The incident comes amid ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah, with heightened regional tensions and continued U.S. efforts to mediate a cease-fire between Iran and the U.S. as well as Israel's conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.

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