The Israeli military suffered its worst day of fighting Wednesday as Hezbollah fighters killed at least eight Israeli troops and wounded 24 more. The soldiers died in fighting in the Lebanese town of Bint Jbail. Just hours earlier, Israel claimed it had taken control of the village. A ninth soldier was killed in another village Israel had claimed it controlled. Hezbollah also fired more than one hundred rockets into Israel, wounding ten people.
9 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Lebanon
HeadlineJul 27, 2006