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Friday, October 4, 2024
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Friday, October 4, 2024
IDF: Some 100 Hezbollah operatives killed in south Lebanon operation in past day
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A missile launcher found in a village in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published by the IDF on October 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Some 100 Hezbollah operatives have been killed during Israeli operations in southern Lebanon in the past day, according to IDF assessments.
The operatives were killed both in airstrikes and during fighting on the ground, the military says.
Nine Israeli soldiers were killed in several separate battles in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
The IDF says it has also located dozens of weapons that Hezbollah left behind, during the operations in villages in southern Lebanon.
The military releases footage of anti-tank missile launchers, munitions and other weapons found in homes in a village in southern Lebanon by troops of the 188th Armored Brigade.
