Israeli army says more than 20 Hezbollah fighters killed
The Israeli army says it killed more than 20 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. It said the fighters were killed by the Israeli Army’s 36th Division and in air attacks.
Since Monday, the Israeli military has launched air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “targeted ground operations” against Hezbollah positions.
More than a million Lebanese people have been displaced from their homes.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday he would not allow the return of people to the country’s south until the safety of Israelis is guaranteed.
Hezbollah reports battles with Israeli troops in south Lebanon
Hezbollah says its fighters have clashed with Israeli ground troops who were attempting to advance in south Lebanon, from the town of Taybeh towards the Baydar al-Fuqani area, deploying missiles and destroying six Israeli Merkava tanks.
It claimed the Israeli military “brought in several helicopters to evacuate the wounded under heavy fire and smoke cover”.
Hezbollah also said it launched three separate rocket attacks on the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona and targeted Israeli troops in Khirbet al-Manara, opposite the border town of Hula, and at the Misgav Am site opposite the border town of Odaisseh.
Israeli attacks killed 45 people in Lebanon over past two days, ministry says
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has issued a statement on the number of people killed in Israeli attacks on several areas in the country over the past two days.
They are as follows:
- Three people killed, including two children, and 15 wounded in Deir Zahrani
- Two people killed and five wounded in Sidon
- Six people killed and 10 wounded in Harou
- Seven people killed in Jebchit, including four people from Syria, and two wounded
- Four people killed and seven wounded in Baalbek
- Nine people killed and 23 wounded in Sahmar
- Three people killed and four wounded in Jmeijmeh
- Eleven people killed and 45 wounded, including 14 children, in Beirut.
