Hezbollah guerrillas fought Israeli troops pushing further into south-east Lebanon on Thursday, though an Israeli Cabinet minister said plans for a deeper ground assault were on hold to give diplomacy a chance. Hezbollah also fired nearly 70 rockets into Israel, killing a woman and a toddler in an Israeli Arab village, medics said.
Hezbollah guerrillas fought Israeli troops pushing towards the Shi’ite Muslim town of Khiam in south-east Lebanon on Thursday, though an Israeli Cabinet minister said plans for a deeper ground assault were on hold. Hezbollah unleashed a score of rockets on northern Israel, killing two people, including a toddler, medics said.
Israeli troops seized the town of Marjayoun and two nearby villages in south Lebanon on Thursday, witnesses said, even though Israel says it has put off plans for a broader offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas. A journalist said Israeli troops were moving on foot through Marjayoun, a town about 8km inside Lebanon.