International Desk: When the world is reacting to the killing of Yahya Sinwar, the head of the Palestinian freedom organization Hamas. Just then, Tel Aviv reported that 5 Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon. News Al Jazeera
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According to the Israeli army, the five dead are Company Commander Major Ofek Bacher (24), Team Commander Captain Elad Siman Tov (23), Squad Leader Staff Sergeant Eliashiv Itat Yuder (22), Staff Sergeant Yaakov Hillel (21) and Staff Sergeant Yehuda Diror Ihalam (21).
Two more Israeli soldiers were seriously injured in the Hezbollah attack. They were hit by anti-tank missiles.
A soldier from the 12th Battalion of the Golani Brigade was critically wounded in a Hezbollah attack, the Israel Defense Forces said.
In addition, another Israeli was seriously injured in the south of the Gaza Strip. He is a member of the 450th Battalion of the Bislamac Brigade. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in the attack by this battalion.
All-out war has erupted in Lebanon since the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last month. Hezbollah is responding to the Israeli attack. As a result, Tel Aviv is losing one soldier after another in Lebanon.
