HY’D: IDF Doctor Killed In Hezbollah Drone Strike

An IDF medical officer was killed and seven other troops were wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military announced.

The slain officer is named as Cpt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, 30, the doctor of the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Tel Aviv.

In addition, two officers and a soldier were seriously wounded, one soldier was moderately hurt, and two officers and a soldier were lightly injured in the attack.

During the attack shortly after noon, two explosive-laden first-person view (FPV) drones launched by Hezbollah struck an armored vehicle in the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.

The explosion from the drones killed Silvester and wounded the seven other soldiers. Among those lightly hurt is the commander of the Shaked Battalion, a lieutenant colonel.

The battalion commander is due to return to command the unit in the coming days.