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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont and Andrew Roth in Jerusalem

Eight Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Smoke clouds rise in the city
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that struck the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on 2 October. Photograph: Daniel Carde/Getty

Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed and a number of others wounded in three exchanges with Hezbollah in heavy fighting inside Lebanon.

The largest group of soldiers, from the commando brigade and including an officer, was involved in a clash with Hezbollah in a village north of the Israeli border community of Misgav Am, while two other soldiers from the Golani brigade were killed in a separate incident.

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