He Israeli army confirmed this Wednesday the death in combat of a first Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, since the Army began a ground invasion early Tuesday.
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The soldier was identified as Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22 years olda native of the Israeli city of Modin, near Jerusalem, and commander of the Army’s Egoz Unit. This is the first military casualty on Lebanese soil since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
This Wednesday, for the first time, the Army spoke of “shocks at close range” in which it assures that its soldiers from the 98th Division, In cooperation with the air force, they eliminated militiamen.
“So far, more than 150 infrastructures” have been destroyed in airstrikes, according to the text, including Hezbollah headquarters, weapons storage facilities and rocket launchers.
So far, more than 150 infrastructures have been destroyed in airstrikes
The Israeli forces detailed, also this Wednesday and in another statement, that Division 36which includes armored and infantry brigadeswill join the offensive, which will also receive support from the air force and artillery.
The Shiite group Hezbollah, for its part, announced in a statement, for the first time, clashes against a group of Israeli soldiers “infiltrators” in the southern town of Maron al Ras, close to the common dividing line, and suggested having caused deaths.
The armed forces maintain their offensive in the south of Lebanonhaving also bombed on numerous occasions the Bekaa Valley and the capital, Beirut, especially the southern suburb known as Dahye.
In this sense, the Army this morning ordered new evacuations in the south of the neighboring country, but also in towns such as El Awali, more than 50 kilometers from the border and much further north than the Litani River, which marks the designated demilitarized zone. for the UN after the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollahwhere there should be no armed presence other than the Lebanese authorities and the United Nations mission in the country (UNIFIL).
Israel accuses Lebanese group of using civil infrastructure to store weapons and hide their operations, their operations in the neighboring country already leave nearly 2,000 dead and a million displaced.
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