Eight Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes with Hezbollah fighters during an incursion north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon amid escalation despite a temporary ceasefire, according to Israeli media on Tuesday. Army Radio and Channel 14 said the soldiers were wounded in three direct, close-range clashes with Hezbollah. The confrontations erupted after troops from the Golani Brigade and Egoz Unit crossed the Litani River toward the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, a village about 10 kilometers from the Israeli border, in what Army Radio described as an operation to βneutralize rocket launchers.β The operation lasted about a week and wounded several soldiers, Army Radio said. Channel 14 said eight Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes with Hezbollah fighters in […]
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