(VIDEO) Day 32 of fighting in Lebanon claims heavy toll: Nineteen soldiers killed, another 85 wounded; 12 sustain serious injuries. Five soldiers defined missing in action after Hizbullah shoots down IDF helicopter using antitank missile
Hanan Greenberg

VIDEO – Lives of nineteen Israel Defense Forces soldiers claimed on 32nd day of fighting in Lebanon : Nineteen IDF soldiers were killed on Saturday, the 32nd of fighting in Lebanon. Another 85 troops were injured, 12 of them sustained serious wounds. A lieutenant colonel is among the wounded.

Additionally, five aircrew members have been defined missing in action, after Hizbullah terrorists shot down an army helicopter Saturday, apparently by using an antitank missile.

The names of nine of the casualties were cleared for publication Saturday night:

* Captain Shai Bernshtein, 24, from Beer Sheva
* Corporal Yaar Ben Giat, 19, of Nahsholim
* Sergeant Yosef Abitbul, 19, of Gan Ner
* Sergeant Yehonatan Ankonina, 21, of Netanya
* First Sergeant Tzachi Krispas, 20, of Kibbutz Hamaapil
* First Sergeant Itai Steinberger, 21, of Karmei Yosef
* Sergeant Yaniv Temerson, 21, of Tzipori
* Corporal Tumer Amer, 19, of Julis.

The name of the reserve soldier who had been killed on Friday in the village of Rashaf in Lebanon has been cleared for publication: Sergeant Major Aharon Yehezkel, 32, from Kfar Yedidya.

At least 40 terrorists were killed by IDF fire during the day, in which many forces were landed into southern Lebanon in the greatest landing operation in the IDF's history.

Four IDF soldiers were killed by an explosive device that was activated against the tank they were riding in the village of al-Tieri in the central sector. Additionally, an officer and three combatants were killed by an antitank in the village of Hirbet Kseif in the eastern sector.

* Two soldiers of Golani's Battalion 51 were killed and two were seriously and lightly injured in an operation accident in the village of Hadata in the eastern region. The IDF is looking into the possibility that a tank crew reversed and accidentally hit the soldiers.
* A soldier of the Nahal's Battalion 931 was killed, five soldiers were seriously wounded and others were lightly wounded in exchanges of fire in the village of Randouria on the western region. Another two soldiers were killed in other incidents in the area during exchanges of fire.
* A soldier was killed in exchanges of fire in the village of Hadata on the eastern region.
* A soldier was seriously wounded after a military vehicle was bombed by an explosive device in the village of al-Teiri on the central region.

Anti-tank missiles were a key tool used against the IDF, claiming lives of soldiers.

* Three fighters of the Armor Corps' Battalion 9 were killed after an anti-tank missile hit a Merkava tank in which they were riding in Wadi Sluki on the eastern region. This is the second time the IDF's most modern tank is hit during the fighting.
* A fighter of the Nahal Brigade was killed after being hit by an anti-tank missile fired at a building in the eastern region near the village of Randouria.
* A soldier was killed as an anti-tank missile hit the tank he was riding in near the village of Kantara in the eastern region.
* A soldier was seriously wounded by an anti-tank missile in the village of al-Tieri.
* An IDF officer was seriously wounded and another two soldiers were lightly hurt after an anti-tank missile hit a tank in the village of Dir Yassin in the eastern region.
* An IDF soldier was seriously wounded after being hit by an anti-tank missile in a building in the village of Randouria in the eastern region.

Some 84 Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrived at hospitals Saturday after they were injured in a series of fire incidents in southern Lebanon. About 35 were taken to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, 33 were hospitalized in the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, and another six were rushed to the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya.

More than 50 helicopters landed with a large number of soldiers inside southern Lebanon as part of the expansion of the military campaign, in the largest landing operation since the Yom Kippur War.

Starting Friday night, an airlift began moving from the northern border into Lebanon, and the helicopters landed a great number of forces inside the field. Sources in the IDF described the move as "the biggest operation carried out in recent years."

Defense Minister Amir Peretz, who visited the Northern Command Friday, met the troops a short while before they boarded the helicopters. The Air Force prepared the helicopter landing to be in areas with the lowest levels of danger.

A large number of aircraft participated in the mission, including Yanshuf and Yasur helicopter gunships flown by reserve and standing army pilots. Simultaneous to landing the forces, supplies for soldiers were also airdropped from the helicopters. Each of the sorties had its own particular destination.

Forces from the Golani Brigade killed at least four Hizbullah operatives north of Bint Jbeil in southwest Lebanon. In the east, forces discovered a large weapons arsenal. Since last night over 40 terrorists were killed in south Lebanon, and head of the Northern Command operation headquarters Alon Friedman assessed that since the beginning of the fighting, some 520 Hizbullah fighters were killed.

Defense establishment officials estimated following the Security Council resolution, that the operation that was launched on Friday will carry on for several more days, until it is halted in favor of an implementation of the diplomatic agreements.

"An operation on such a scale does not stop at once, and we shall take advantage of every minute in order to gain more and more accomplishm