IDF responds with heavy overnight strikes after drone hit troops near Kfartebnit, killing a battalion commander and three other soldiersFour IDF soldiers were killed Thursday night when a Hezbollah attack drone struck troops near the village of Kfartebnit in southern Lebanon, the military said Friday morning.Among those killed was Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita, commander of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade. The names of the three other soldiers were being withheld pending notification of their families.1 View gallery IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon (Photo: IDF)Following the attack, the IDF launched heavy overnight strikes in the Kfartebnit sector and elsewhere in southern Lebanon. According to the military, the response included airstrikes and artillery fire.“Following repeated violations of the ceasefire by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the IDF struck throughout the night and continues to strike Hezbollah terrorists and infrastructure sites in several areas across southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement.The military also sent a message to residents of communities along Israel's northern border, saying the region had experienced “an extremely difficult night” because of what it described as serious Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire agreement.“As a result, we were required to respond with significant force,” the message said. “IDF strikes will continue, and sounds of explosions will be heard throughout the area. At this stage, there is no change in defensive guidelines for the civilian home front.”