Israeli troops reportedly cross Litani river amid clashes with Hezbollah
Israeli troops have crossed the Litani river from the border town of Deir al-Seryan toward Zawtar al-Sharkiya, north of the river, Israeli media reported.
Hezbollah said it targeted troops near the river of Deir al-Seryan, and a Merkava tank in the border town of al-Bayyada near Naqoura.
Israeli strikes targeted Tuesday Srifa, Debaal, Dweir, Betoulay, Ras al-Ein, Kafra, Jebshit, and Srifa, in south Lebanon, and Sohmor in the east after ordering its residents to evacuate.
Troops detonated a water pumping station in Deir Mimas and houses in Bint Jbeil.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem vowed Tuesday that his fighters would turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces.
"We will not surrender and we will continue to defend Lebanon and its people, however long it takes and however great the sacrifices... we will not abandon the battlefield and we will turn it into hell for Israel," he said.
Source: Naharnet
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