Iraqi drone kills two IDF soldiers, wounds several others
Mixed reports by Israeli media state that up to 21 soldiers were lightly wounded in the same drone attack.
Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer, 19, and Corporal Tal Dror, 19, were killed in a drone attack from Iraq in northern Israel on Thursday, the IDF announced Friday evening.
Sgt. Haim Sofer, from Ashkelon, was a cadet in a specialized communications officer course in Battalion 13 in the Golani Brigade.
Cpl. Dror, from Jerusalem, was a communications soldier in the 13th Battalion in the Golani Brigade.
In the incident where the two soldiers fell, an additional soldier and a non-commissioned officer from the 13th Battalion were severely wounded and were evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
There are additional reports by Israeli media claiming that up to 21 soldiers were lightly wounded in the same drone attack.
Additional fallen soldier
A day earlier, the IDF announced that Captain Ben Zion Pelach, 21, from Nitzanei Oz, fell in battle in southern Lebanon. Pelach was a soldier in Battalion 202 of the Paratroopers Brigade.
The IDF began its invasion of Lebanon on Tuesday following a year of back-and-forth rockets and missiles between Israel and Hezbollah.
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