Hezbollah Attack Kills Four Israeli Soldiers as U.S. Deploys Troops to Operate Missile Defense System

Hezbollah is degraded, not defeated. Israel is shielded, not impregnable. That is the lesson of the Iran-backed jihadist organization’s aerial attacks in northern Israel on Sunday evening (local time). A drone targeting a military base near the Binyamina area of Israel’s Haifa District killed four Israeli soldiers and wounded dozens of other people — including civilians and military personnel — some critically.

The drone attack occurred under the cover of a barrage of over 100 missiles. While Israeli aerial defenses were effective against the missiles, the drone appears to have eluded detection. The New York Times reports the assessment of Israel’s military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari: “We are studying and investigating the incident — how a drone infiltrated without warning and struck the base. We must provide better defense.”