IDF said in a statement the strike happened earlier on Sunday It said since then, it had struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon with air strikes and artillery fire JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said on Sunday 18 of its soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, when a drone struck their position in the occupied Golan Heights, which border Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said in a statement the strike happened earlier on Sunday. It said since then, it had struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon with air strikes and artillery fire. Fighting between the IDF and Lebanon’s Hezbollah has been escalating, after it was triggered by the Gaza war.