Cleared for publication: Chief Warrant Officer Mahmood Amaria killed in Hezbollah drone attack

The IDF reported on Monday that Chief Warrant Officer Mahmood Amaria, 45, from Ibtin, was killed in a Hezbollah drone strike in the Western Galilee. Another individual sustained serious injuries during the attack.

The incident occurred in the early morning when Hezbollah launched multiple drones across the Lebanon border. According to the military, five drones were detected; three were intercepted, but two managed to explode inside Israel, one near Kibbutz Gesher Haziv and another in Ya'ara, where Amaria was tragically killed.