Clashes continue to escalate and attacks on the Lebanese army persist, even after US envoy Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon to negotiate a possible truce and an end to the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
On Wednesday morning, Bourj al-Malouk (Nabatiyeh) came under heavy artillery bombardment. One Lebanese soldier lost his life and two others were wounded after their vehicle was targeted by the Israelis.
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Also in southern Lebanon, the villages of Kfarchouba and Khiam were shelled. The Israeli air force launched a series of raids on the outskirts of Naqoura, Aitit, Zebqine, al-Hosh (Tyre) and Qana. Military aircraft also targeted two houses in Ain Baal and Maarakeh, killing two people. In Zefta, where work to clear the rubble ended at 3 AM on Wednesday after an attack on a house, three dead were found.
Aftermath of an Israeli raid on al-Haush, #Tyre, Wednesday morning pic.twitter.com/48BxLtiWgJ
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Tuesday evening saw flares and fierce attacks on the Marjayoun plain, as well as thermal balloon launches from Israeli aircraft flying low over the region.
Hezbollah and Israeli troops engaged in fierce fighting on Tuesday night along the Shamaa-Bayada axis as the latter sought to move into this area and avoid Bayada in order to encircle Naqoura. Hezbollah wrecked a Merkava tank and launched rockets against Israeli soldiers in an effort to thwart this tactic.
In Tyre, the town of Jwaya was the target of a series of Israeli raids targeting several residential buildings.
Also on Tuesday evening, Israeli warplanes struck homes in the village of Yohmor el-Shaqif and the Iqlim al-Touffah area of Khiam, Debbine, Aintata, Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Mayfadoun. Several casualties were reported.
In Sarafand, three Lebanese soldiers died after an attack on the Military Intelligence Authority and Northern Command center. Moreover, 17 people (civilians) were wounded.
For its part, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack on Israeli infantry forces in Hounin, using a guided missile. Soldiers were also targeted in Marj (near Wadi Hounin). Several drones launched from Lebanon crashed in the Western Galilee, causing no casualties. Alarm sirens also sounded in Acre and Haifa, as well as in other towns in northern Israel, after drones were detected.
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