Six Israelis killed, wounded in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli artillery positioned in Tallat Mihebeib shelled al-Salawqi valley, and outskirts of Barachit in south Lebanon, resulting in a fire in al-Murj district in Barachit that destroyed large areas of olive orchards.
Earlier in the day Israeli artillery bombarded the surroundings of the Lebanese army barracks in al-Nabatieh with phosphoric shells, resulting in a fire in the olive woods. Members of the Lebanese civil defense departments in the region tried to extinguish the fire.
Meanwhile, South Lebanon Army militia members on Thursday afternoon set fires in fields situated to the north of the crossing gate Zamrayya in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon. Security sources in the region said the fire extended to Meimas heights of al-Daher mountain and destroyed wheat fields and olive orchards.
Israeli artillery bombardment of areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon resulted in wounding three citizens and damaging three houses in al-Sawanneh town.
On Thursday morning the Lebanese resistance carried out an operation against the Israeli occupation troops deep inside the occupied part of south Lebanon, during which two Israeli soldiers were killed and another four were wounded.
Resistance sources said that a unit at dawn on Thursday set an ambush near the Israeli position in Mashourn for an Israeli army unit. Upon the arrival of the Israeli unit at the site an explosive device was detonated, and resistance forces opened machine gun fire against another Israeli patrol the Israeli army summoned to the site for help.
The South Lebanon Army announced that two Israeli soldiers were killed and another four wounded during the operation. The killing and wounding of the Israeli soldiers was also confirmed by Israeli radio. The radio report added that four wounded Israeli soldiers are in critical condition.
Meanwhile, on Thursday afternoon the Lebanese resistance attacked the Israeli position in Hamid in the occupied part of south Lebanon. In a statement the resistance said direct hits were scored against the enemy forces.