IDF says 2 troops moderately injured today from anti-tank fire in southern Lebanon

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Two IDF soldiers from the 401st Armored Brigade were moderately wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in southern Lebanon earlier today, the military announces.

Hezbollah earlier claimed to have targeted a Merkava tank in the village of Houla.

The IDF says the two soldiers were taken to a hospital in moderate condition and their families were notified.

The military in the past two days advanced deeper into southern Lebanon, saying it assumed “forward defensive positions to establish an additional defensive layer to remove the threats to the residents of northern Israel,” after Hezbollah began to launch attacks.

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