Lebanese civil defence crew retrieves 17 bodies
Emergency responders have found 17 bodies and rescued 12 wounded overnight as Israeli air raids on Lebanon continue.
Rescue workers are still operating at the site of an air attack that destroyed two residential buildings in the Basta neighbourhood of Beirut on Thursday evening to find a missing girl, according to the official National News Agency.
Civil defence crews also responded to multiple fires that erupted in the Bekaa Valley, Baalbek and Nabatieh as a result of Israeli attacks.
Israeli army confirms 2 soldiers seriously wounded in Lebanon fighting
The Israeli military says two soldiers with its Etzioni Brigade were seriously wounded in separate firefights in southern Lebanon. Additional soldiers suffered light to moderate injuries.
It didn’t provide further details as news reports said wounded troops were transferred to the Rambam hospital, in Israel’s northern Haifa city, during its ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah earlier said it inflicted casualties on Israeli troops after fighters detonated an explosive device and engaged in a gun battle with soldiers trying to infiltrate the Ramyah village.
In the past hour, the group said its operatives clashed with Israeli soldiers trying to enter another village, inflicting casualties in close-quarters combat.
Israeli military claims to capture Hezbollah fighter in south Lebanon
Israeli troops seized a Hezbollah fighter from an underground bunker and took him back to Israel for interrogation, the army says.
It released a video purporting to show the operative surrendering and getting out of a tunnel in an unspecified location in southern Lebanon. The man, whose face was blurred out, was told to strip before coming out.
The army said he was found in a space 7 metres (23 feet) underground and had weapons and supplies. Hezbollah has not commented on the claim.
Hospital in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley closes over Israeli attacks
Israel has expanded its bombing campaign in Lebanon by hitting at least three areas outside traditional Hezbollah strongholds.
Many people fled to northern Lebanon to escape Israeli air raids. The local hospital in the village of Tamnine el-Tahta, in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, was forced to close after repeated air attacks nearby.
