4 soldiers injured; 5 Hizbullah terrorists killed

4 troops injured, one seriously, in overnight clashes with Hizbullah in southern Lebanese village of Markaba; 5 Hizbullah terrorists killed in separate clashes in southwestern Lebanon; IDF intensifies Beirut strikes
Efrat Weiss|Updated:
(VIDEO)Two Israeli soldiers were injured - one seriously and another moderately-to-lightly - by an anti-tank missile fired at their tank in the southern Lebanese village of al-Taybeh, the army said.
The soldiers have not been taken to hospital yet.
Earlier, the army said that two Israeli soldiers were wounded - one moderately and another lightly - in fresh clashes with Hizbullah in the southern Lebanese village of Markaba.
Soldiers conducting searches in the village came under fire and an anti-tank missile was fired in their direction. The soldiers were airlifted to the Rambam hospital in Haifa.
IDF ground troops operating in the southwestern Lebanon killed four Hizbullah terrorists in the village of Shama.
In the Lebanese village of Mankhala a Hizbullah terrorist was killed and another was injured.
A number of Hizbullah terrorists were captured by the IDF following heavy clashes. The prisoners of war have been transferred to Israel and are being interrogated by security officials.
Israel resumed air strike on targets in Lebanon as Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a power station in the south of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, local police said.
The raid plunged the Kiraoun area in darkness.
Fresh air strikes
Two people were wounded early Friday when Israeli fighter jets hit a civilian car and a van on the coastal
road in the port city of Jounieh in the Christian heartland, 20 kilometers north of Beirut, the
officials said. A bridge in the Maameltein area near Jounieh was destroyed.
A Lebanese soldier was killed in another strike on an army post south of Beirut, a Lebanese official said.
The air force also targeted a bridge linking Beirut to southern Lebanon and targets in the vicinity of the Beirut International Airport.
The air force carried out fresh raids on the Dahiyeh neighborhood in south Beirut killing three people.
The army said it targeted a building used by Hizbullah activists, a Hamas office and house belonging to a senior Hizbullah member.
The air force carried out 15 raids on the Ouzai neighborhood south of Beirut where Hizbullah holds offices.
On Thursday, three IDF soldiers were killed by an anti-tank missile attack on their tank.
A fourth soldier was killed in a similar attack in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Taybeh.
Roee Nahmias contributed to this report
First published: 07:49, 08.04.6
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