VIDEO - Air force helicopters which cleared the injured from the intense battle raging in Bint Jbeil Wednesday
began landing at the Rambam hospital in Haifa, and wounded soldiers have been taken to the trauma room.
At least 30 soldiers were injured in battles in the town dubbed as Hizbullah's ‘capital,’ in one of the most bitter battles the IDF has known in recent years; three soldiers sustained serious wounds, two others were moderately wounded while the rest were lightly hurt in the fighting.
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IDF sources said an extremely difficult phase of the battle developed when soldiers encountered terrorists face to face, accompanied by the setting off of explosives and the firing of various missiles.
Many terrorists apparently operated in the area and launched a combined attack against IDF forces. In the course of fighting a number of terrorists were killed.
Missile launcher was found in mosque
Fire ceased during the afternoon hours.
The fighting in Bint Jbeil began when IDF forces, including Golani Brigade soldiers, began searching buildings suspected of being used to provide infrastructures for terrorists.
Injured soldier taken into hospital (Photo: Doron Golan)
On Tuesday, many weapons in some of the homes were found, and rooms have been turned into war rooms for Hizbullah members.
On Tuesday morning, during early searches, fire was opened on forces, who returned fire. A number of terrorists fled into a mosque in the area and continued to fire from within the structure at soldiers.
Last week, a missile launcher was found in the mosque, IDF sources said.
"Hizbullah members don't discount any means to kill or injure, including the use of civilians as a holy human shields. If there will be no choice, we will hit every place from which they shoot at our forces," a military source told Ynet.
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