An IDF soldier was killed in a Monday morning battle with Hizbullah terrorists in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. Three soldiers were lightly wounded - and 14 terrorists were reported killed. A total of 12 soldiers have been killed in the current war in Bint Jbeil, a Hizbullah stronghold village just a few kilometers from the Israeli border in the central/east sector of southern Lebanon. Three paratroopers were wounded in today's battle. In addition, a battalion officer and two Nachal Brigade soldiers are listed in "moderate" condition following a battle in Huleh in the eastern sector.
In the western sector, the IDF has destroyed a Hizbullah headquarters, as well as anti-tank missiles and rocket launchers.
The number of victims since the current war began has now risen to 102, among them 58 soldiers, 38 civilians, and six killed in Gaza, Sderot and the Shomron. Fifteen of the civilians killed by the Hizbullah-fired rockets were Arabs and Druze. Ten Katyushas were fired at the Israeli city of Nahariya, on the Mediterranean coast, late this morning, and several at Kiryat Shmonah as well. Sirens were heard as far south as Beit She'an. One person was lightly hurt in these attacks.
Among the wounded in recent Katyusha attacks is a 27-year-old man from the northern community of Sh'ar Yashuv: Shai (ben Dalia) Golan. Hospitalized in Sieff Hospital in Tzfat, he has been in critical condition since a Katyusha attack on Friday, Aug. 4. Two other reserve soldiers wounded in yesterday's attack in Kfar Giladi are in serious condition as well. Some 50 citizens wounded in the Sunday evening Katyusha bombardment of Haifa remain hospitalized. |