Five Israeli soldiers, commander of Israeli forces killed in south Lebanon
Lebanese resistance forces on Sunday detonated two bombs near an Israeli convoy, resulting in the death of four soldiers, Lebanese officials said.
A resistance statement said that a general, was reported among the dead, noting that he is the highest -ranking officer killed in south Lebanon in more than 16 years. The statement added that the Israeli general was identified as the head of an Israeli liaison unit with the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia.
Meanwhile, in a statement released in Beirut on Sunday the Hizbullah party said its fighters targeted the convey of senior Israeli army officers as it traveled on a road between the Lebanese villages of Kuakaba and Hasbaya, about 6 km north of the Israeli border.
The statement said that "all those in the convoy were killed and wounded." The statement added that the resistance men also detonated another roadside bomb about a half-hour later, one km from the first blast, but it did not give further details on this matter.
Further reports from south Lebanon said that the Lebanese resistance reported the details of its operation, which led to the killing of five Israeli soldiers including senior army officers and wounded another three Israeli soldiers.
The Lebanese sources specified that the dead senior army officers were the commander of the liaison unit, the military spokesman in the occupied part of south Lebanon, the official responsible for civilian administration in the Israeli occupation army and the military correspondent from Israel Radio.
In more elaborate details, the resistance sources said a resistance group on Sunday detonated a bomb that targeted a convoy on Hasbaya road. The convoys were destroyed and all the Israeli soldiers were killed or wounded.
The Lebanese resistance bombarded the Israeli positions in Abu Qamha and al-Ahmadeya. Direct hits were scored.
Meanwhile, confrontations continued between the Lebanese resistance and the Israeli occupation forces in various districts of the western Bekaa. Lebanese resistance sources said the Israeli occupation troops bombarded the towns of Qelya, Jabal al-Daher, Kafra, Yater, al-Dalfa, al-Qantari and the Litani river area. In retaliation, the Lebanese resistance bombarded, using mortars, the al-Amadeyah position. The resistance added in a statement that more than 70 Israeli charges hit the targeted areas.
Further reports said that Israeli occupation forces positioned in Beaufort opened fire on the liberated town of Arnoun. A 14-year old boy, Muhammad Nasser Nasser, was wounded.
On Sunday afternoon, the Israeli warplanes attacked the towns of Qelya and Zelya in the western Bekaa. The Lebanese resistance said that Israeli war planes also carried out a raid against the towns adjacent to the occupied part of the western Bekaa.