Two soldiers were injured in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon, as the Iran-backed terror group continued to launch attacks on troops and on northern communities on Wednesday.

According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah launched several explosive drones and rockets at Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon throughout the day.

Two drones exploded near the forces, injuring one soldier moderately and another lightly. The pair were taken to a hospital and their families were notified, the army said.

In other incidents on Wednesday, rockets and drones struck near forces in the army’s Lebanon buffer zone without causing injuries, while a drone launched by Hezbollah was shot down over southern Lebanon, according to the IDF.

On Wednesday morning, an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck in Israeli territory. No injuries were caused in the attack.

The IDF Home Front Command said it would be extending the warning times for rocket fire from Lebanon in 49 communities in the upper, lower, and central Galilee, where currently only 30 seconds are given.

They include 46 communities moving from 30 seconds to 45 seconds, and three communities moving to a full minute. The move will take effect starting Thursday at 4 p.m., according to the Home Front Command.

The continued clashes in the north have underlined challenges facing US efforts to forge peace between Israel and Lebanon, which held rare face-to-face talks last month. Hezbollah has fiercely objected to the government’s decision to hold negotiations with Israel.

Despite the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in mid-April, which has since been extended into May, Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones at northern Israeli communities, though most attacks have been on troops in southern Lebanon or on the Israeli side of the border.

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