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According to the Israeli Times report on the 25th, on the morning of the 25th local time, Hezbollah in Lebanon launched an attack on northern Israel, killing a naval soldier on an Israeli ship and injuring two others.

The Israeli army confirmed that the soldier killed was 21-year-old David Moshe Ben Shitrit, a 1st Sergeant Major of the Israeli Navy's 914th Patrol Squadron. The other two Israeli soldiers were injured moderately and lightly.

According to a preliminary investigation by the Israel Defense Forces, soldiers on a Dvora-class patrol boat off Israel's northern coast were hit by shrapnel from an Iron Dome interceptor missile during the day's attack, as at least two Hezbollah drones flew over the area.

The video showed an Iron Dome interceptor missile exploding near the ship. After the incident, parts of the Iron Dome interceptor missile were found inside the ship.

The Israeli military is investigating two possibilities: one is that the Iron Dome interceptor missile was tracking a Hezbollah drone at the time, then turned to target the patrol boat by mistake under unknown circumstances and exploded directly above the patrol boat. The other possibility is that the Iron Dome interceptor missile successfully intercepted a drone directly above the ship and also injured the soldiers on board, but this possibility is less likely.

Public information shows that the Israeli Dvora-class patrol boat is manufactured by the Israeli Ramtar Company. It is the fastest patrol boat in the navy and is used in coastal areas and river ports to protect the coastline. Three crew members can complete all operating tasks. The patrol boat is equipped with relatively sophisticated weapons and equipment, with a 25mm caliber gun installed on the bow and light and heavy machine guns installed on the bridge and stern. In terms of optoelectronic systems, communications, and navigation equipment, it has a high configuration and can ensure the execution of various military tasks.

In the early morning of the 25th local time, the situation between Lebanon and Israel suddenly became tense. The Israeli military announced that after detecting that Hezbollah in Lebanon was preparing to launch a "large-scale" attack, it launched a "preemptive" strike against Hezbollah targets.

Lebanon's Hezbollah denied this in a statement and announced that it had launched a large number of drones and rockets at Israel in retaliation for the Israeli air strike that killed its military leader Shukur in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut last month. At the same time, it announced that the first phase of the attack was a success.

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