The Israeli army announced that one of its soldiers was killed and three others were seriously injured during battles in southern Lebanon, bringing the toll on Tuesday to two dead and 20 wounded in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
The army said – in a statement published on its account on the “.
The statement added that in the same incident, 3 reserve soldiers from the 508th Battalion were seriously injured, noting that the soldiers were evacuated to receive treatment in hospitals and to inform their families.
Earlier Tuesday, the Israeli army announced that one of its soldiers from the Nahal Brigade was killed in an operational incident near the Gaza Strip border, and another soldier was seriously injured during a battle in southern Lebanon.
Also Tuesday, Israel Today newspaper said that 16 Israeli soldiers were wounded in battles in southern Lebanon today and were evacuated to Ziv Hospital in Safed in the Upper Galilee.
The announced death toll in the Israeli army since the beginning of the war reached 751 officers and soldiers, including 356 since the beginning of the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip on October 27, 2023, while the total number of injured reached 5,043 officers and soldiers, including 2,362 since the ground invasion of the Strip, according to the latest update published by The official website of the army. These are numbers whose veracity is questioned by many parties.
After clashes with factions in Lebanon, including Hezbollah, which began after Israel launched genocide on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Tel Aviv, since September 23, has expanded the scope of the genocide to include most of Lebanon’s regions, including the capital, Beirut, via Air strikes, and a ground invasion began in its south.
The aggression against Lebanon resulted in a total of 2,546 dead and 11,862 wounded, including a large number of women and children, in addition to more than 1,340,000 displaced persons. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after September 23 of last year.