Amer Hujeirat, 44, from Shfaram, who worked for a contracting company performing engineering work on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was killed Tuesday by a Hezbollah attack drone that struck the engineering vehicle in which he was working in southern Lebanon.
His son, 19, was lightly wounded by shrapnel.
His family was notified by the Israel Police. The IDF and the Defense Ministry expressed their condolences to the family.
According to an initial investigation, at around 11:00 a.m., a Hezbollah explosive drone was launched toward the village of Aitaroun, located in the central sector of southern Lebanon. The drone scored a direct and precise hit on an engineering bulldozer that was operating to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in the village.
Inside the bulldozer was an employee of a Defense Ministry contractor company whose services had been hired for engineering missions involving the demolition of buildings and infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
In addition to the worker who was killed, his son - who works with him at the same company - was wounded in the incident by shrapnel and was evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment. His condition is described as light.