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IDF Says It Withheld Report of Hezbollah Drone Attack on Troops in South Lebanon

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a squad of Israeli soldiers in combat gear and helmets stacked along a low stone wall beside an open metal gate, weapons raised toward the opening, with olive trees, a hillside village and rubble-strewn ground rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue chalk strokes.

Hezbollah launched an explosive drone at an Israeli force operating in southern Lebanon over the past day, causing no casualties and no damage. The military did not announce the attack, and the decision to withhold it came from the head of Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo. The IDF Spokesperson said the army releases information according to professional considerations and situational assessment, and will not publish details that could harm troops in combat zones. The attack followed Wednesday's deaths of two reservists from the 55th Paratroopers Brigade, Maj. Harel Birenstock and Sgt. Maj. Tamir Vaknin, in a bomb blast at Majdal Zoun, the first Israeli fatalities since the June ceasefire.

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