Resistance fighters destroy 14 Israeli tanks along border region forcing advancing forces to retreat

Source: http://www.almanar.com.lb/

Confrontations continued along the border between Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces, since the early hours of Thursday morning. Fighting is concentrated in the area surrounding the town of Khiam where the Resistance announced that its fighters have so far destroyed 14 tanks. The Israeli military admitted that one soldier was killed and four other were seriously injured. Arab and international media sources said that Israeli armored forces have retreated under heavy resistance fire, after advancing a few meters near the Khiam plain where many tanks have been destroyed, and renewed shelling the Khiam region with artillery fire from the Metula settlement.

The Lebanese National News Agency said that fierce confrontations have been ungoing since the early hours of this morning in Tall Dibbin on the outskirts of Marje'youn adding that many Israeli military vehicles were seen burning in the area. Israeli sources confirmed that Hezbollah fighters have targeted and destroyed 13 tanks in Marje'youn, Aynata and Khiam. 15 Israeli soldiers, according to the military, were killed in yesterday's battles between occupation forces and Islamic Resistance fighters along border regions. 38 others were injured, including 9 in serious condition. Israel said that since the beginning of the war, 82 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 276 others injured.