Anti-tank missile fired at infantry troops operating in Aita al-Shaab region in south; officer, three soldiers killed, 20 others injured. In eastern sector, just north of Metula, tank belonging to IDF reserve unit hit by mortar; officer killed, another seriously wounded
Hanan Greenberg

Two officers and three IDF soldiers were killed in battles in south Lebanon on Sunday. In addition, an officer and three soldiers were seriously injured, and 25 soldiers were lightly injured.

In the village of Abu-Tawil, located in south Lebanon’s Aita- al-Shaab region, an anti-tank missile was fired at infantry troops; an officer and three soldiers were killed and 20 others were injured, three of them seriously, in the incident. In Tel Nachs in the eastern sector, just north of Metula, a tank belonging to an IDF reserve unit was directly hit by a mortar; an office was killed, another sustained serious injuries and to soldiers were lightly hurt.