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Aug. 8, 2006
3 IDF soldiers killed, five wounded in heavy fighting near Bint Jbail
YAAKOV KATZ and AP
3 IDF soldiers were killed and five other soldiers were lightly wounded when Hizbullah guerrillas fired anti-tank rockets at an armored vehicle during heavy clashes overnight Monday in the southern Lebanese village of Dbil, which is located west of Bint Jbail.
All 3 soldiers were identified as Maj.(res.) Yotam Lotan, 33, from Kibbutz Beit Hashita, St.-Sgt. Malko Moshe Ambao, 22, from Lod and St.-Sgt.(res.) Noam Meirson, 23, from Jerusalem.
The wounded soldiers — from the Paratroopers Brigade and Engineering Corps — were evacuated for medical treatment.
Troops destroyed 10 rocket launchers in the western sector in southern Lebanon. At least 15 Hizbullah guerillas were killed in fighting, and five were apprehended by IDF troops.
The IAF hit over 80 targets in Lebanon overnight including 42 Hizbullah structures, 30 access routes and six rocket launchers.
The IDF said it has declared an indefinite curfew on the movement of vehicles in Lebanon south of the Litani River, beginning Monday night.
Humanitarian traffic would be allowed, but other transport would be at risk if it ignored the order to stay off the roads, the army said.
Residents were notified by leaflets dropped by Israeli aircraft and by media broadcasts. The ban went into effect at 10 p.m (1900 GMT) but the army did not say how long it would last .
A spokesman said it was part of an effort to stop the supply of arms and ammunition to Hizbullah fighters in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, it was released for publication on Monday night that two reserve soldiers were killed in Bint Jbail and two more were wounded during clashes with Hizbullah.
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