Twelve soldiers were wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack on an artillery position near the northern Israel border community of Shomera, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday, as a US-brokered ceasefire appeared to be falling apart with both sides firing at each other.

According to the IDF, two of the soldiers were moderately hurt, while the rest were in good condition.

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed nine people, including two children.

Sirens warning of a suspected drone attack from Lebanon had sounded in the border communities of Zarit, Adamit, Shomera and others, sending residents into shelters.

The Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon struck a military cargo carrier, which caught fire. Several artillery shells in the area also exploded. The M548, known in the IDF as the Alfa, is used to transport artillery shells.

The military was investigating whether the drone was guided by a fiber optic cable, which is immune to electronic jamming. Hezbollah has been using fiber optic-guided drones in attacks on troops in southern Lebanon in recent weeks.

In three other incidents, IDF interceptor missiles were launched at suspected Hezbollah drones identified over areas of southern Lebanon where troops are deployed, the military said.

The IDF said most of the “suspicious aerial targets” were intercepted, while the results of others were still under review.

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Hezbollah took responsibility for the drone attack that impacted troops, claiming to have targeted an Israeli artillery site on the border.

In a statement, Hezbollah said it struck a self-propelled howitzer with an explosive-laden drone. The terror group also said it shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over southern Lebanon, and the IDF confirmed one of its unmanned aerial vehicles was downed by a Hezbollah surface-to-air missile.

“There is no fear of information leaking,” the military said of the downed drone, adding that the incident was under further........

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