Hezbollah Claims To Destroy Israeli Tanks To Kill Soldiers

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JAKARTA - The Lebanese Hezbollah group said its fighters destroyed two Israeli Merkava tanks and killed two Israeli soldiers in the Labbouneh Plateau, southern Lebanon.

According to a separate statement, Hezbollah fighters used two guided missiles to target the two tanks in the Labbouneh Plateau. As a result of the attack, the tanks caught fire and killed or injured soldiers in them.

The Israeli military has not yet responded to Hezbollah's statement.

On the evening of Wednesday, October 16, Hezbollah also said it was killing and wounding Israeli soldiers in direct combat near the Qauuzah city area of southern Lebanon.

Since Israel began land attacks in southern Lebanon in early October, Hezbollah has repeatedly stated it will attack, fight back, and kill Israeli soldiers who carry out the raid.

Israel has launched a massive airstrike in Lebanon under the pretext of targeting Hezbollah since September 23. However, the attack killed more than 1,500 civilians and displaced more than one million people.

The airstrikes have been an escalation of a year-long cross-border war between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of its attack on the Gaza Strip.

Although the international community warned the Middle East was on the verge of a regional war amid Israeli military attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, Israel continued to expand its conflict by launching an attack on southern Lebanon on October 1.