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Hizbullah Drone Wounds 3 IDF Soldiers, Israel Retaliates
(Ynet News) Gal Ganot - Three IDF combat engineering troops were wounded early Saturday when a Hizbullah explosive drone struck them near the Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. The Prime Minister's Office said, "Hizbullah violated the ceasefire in Lebanon by attacking our soldiers in the security zone, which protects Israeli communities just across the border....The IDF responded by striking the Hizbullah terror headquarters which ordered the attack." The IDF said its retaliatory strikes killed Ali Hassan, a battalion commander in Hizbullah's Radwan Force at a Hizbullah headquarters in Ansar in southern Lebanon. Additional Hizbullah operatives involved in advancing attacks against IDF forces in the security zone were also killed. It was later learned that Hassan's family was inside the military headquarters with him at the time of the strike. "They were not the target of the strike," the IDF said. "The strike was specifically directed at Hassan, who was a lawful target under international law. The terrorist used his family as human shields and hid with them inside the military headquarters." U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee accused Hizbullah of deliberately placing children in the military area. Lebanese media asked U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michael Issa when Israeli strikes would end. He responded, "Tell Hizbullah that if it hands over its weapons, everything will stop."