Israeli minister’s son wounded in attack near Lebanon border

Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said his son was wounded in an attack near the Lebanese border that injured eight Israeli soldiers.

In a post on X, Smotrich said a mortar round was fired at troops on Friday and that his son, Benya Hebron, was among those hurt. He said shrapnel “penetrated his back and stomach” and that he was taken to hospital.

“By the grace of God, one of the shrapnel tore through his liver and lodged in the wall of the largest blood vessel in his stomach,” Smotrich wrote, adding that the injuries could have been far worse if the vessel had been hit.