Three Israeli military personnel were severely injured on Oct 8 and 9 during combat in southern Lebanon.
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT – Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Oct 9, the group said, a day after Tel Aviv said it killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader.
“We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities. We took out thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of the replacement,” Mr Netanyahu noted, without naming the latter two. The group is the most formidably armed of Iran’s proxy forces across the Middle East and has been acting in support of Palestinian militants fighting Israel in Gaza.Israel’s military said on Oct 8 that heavy air strikes against underground Hezbollah installations in southern Lebanon over the prior 24 hours killed at least 50 fighters including six sector commanders and regional officials.
US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call on Oct 9 with Mr Netanyahu about any plans to strike Iran, Axios reported late on Oct 8, citing three US officials. The Pentagon announced on Oct 8 that Mr Gallant will not go ahead with a visit to Washington and a meeting with his US counterpart, Mr Lloyd Austin, planned for Oct 9.
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