The Israeli military announced on Thursday the deaths of five soldiers in the fighting in Lebanon. They were named as follows: -Major Ofek Bachar, aged 24, from Ness Ziona, a Company Commander from the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, fell during combat in southern Lebanon.

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Halevi told commanders, "We estimate that around 1,500 Hezbollah operatives are dead, and the fact that they are surrendering is an important achievement." "We are very determined

At least 20 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said. The school was being used to shelter displaced people in Nuseirat camp, health authorities said. It was bombed on Sunday.

When civil war raged in Lebanon from 1975 to 1990, Mount Lebanon became a haven for people fleeing violence in Beirut, the capital city. The three-story building had been completely demolished in the attack,

Hezbollah's regional command center, which was used to launch numerous attacks on northern Israeli communities, was destroyed by the IDF in an aerial strike.

On an extremely bloody day in the Middle East, Israeli forces launch airstrikes across Lebanon and Gaza, leaving scores dead.

The mayor of Nabatieh was killed, according to Lebanese state media, in an air raid that Israel said was targeting Hezbollah.

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