The Israeli military has said that a soldier was killed the day before by a Hezbollah drone near the Lebanon border, taking to 24 the number of its troops killed in the war with Hezbollah, according to AFP.

A military statement named her as 20-year-old Sergeant Rotem Yanai, who “fell during operational activity in northern Israel”.

It added that one reservist soldier was severely injured and another moderately so in the same incident.

The military told AFP that Yanai was killed by a Hezbollah explosive drone.

A total of 24 Israelis have been killed since hostilities began on March 2, including 23 soldiers and one civilian contractor.

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