The Israeli military has announced the names of four teenage soldiers killed in a Hezbollah drone strike on an army training base south of Haifa on Sunday.
The strike hit the dining hall of the Golani Brigade’s training base and injured at least 58 others in a significant breach of Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system.
Hezbollah called the attack a retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people.
On a visit to the attacked base on Monday, Israel’s defence minister called the strike a “painful event” and vowed to examine how it happened and learn lessons for the future.
“We must investigate it, study the details and assimilate the lessons in a quick and professional manner,” Yoav Gallant said.
The four soldiers were named as Sgt Omri Tamari, 19, from Mazkeret Batya; Sgt Yosef Hieb, 19, from Tuba Zangariya; Sgt Yoav Agmon, 19, from Binyamina-Giv’at Ada and Sgt Alon Amitay, 19, from Ramot Naftali.
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Source: telegraph.co.uk