TEHRAN - The Israeli military has revealed that another four of its troops have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon.

The Israel occupation forces (IOF) announced the names of the soldiers as Captain Rabbi Avraham Yosef Goldberg, Master Sergeant Gilad Elmaliach, Captain Amit Chayut and Major Eliav Amram Abitbol.

The IOF also acknowledged that over 60 soldiers have been wounded while fighting in Lebanon during the past 24 hours. At least five are in critical condition, according to the Israeli military. 

According to Hezbollah statements, the Israeli losses on the Lebanese border are far higher than what the IOF has announced. Reports indicate significant damage to Israeli tanks and other armored military vehicles on the border.  

This comes amid ongoing Israeli attempts for nearly one month now to invade southern Lebanon. The ground operations have faced intense and deadly confrontations by Hezbollah that have prevented the IOF from taking full control of a single village across the entire Lebanese border.   

Hezbollah issues evacuation orders to over a dozen settlements in northern IsraelIsraeli Reserve Colonel Jack Neria raised concerns on Sunday over Hezbollah’s growing strength and strategic use of tunnels in southern Lebanon, which he labeled as traps targeting Israeli forces.

On Sunday, Hezbollah launched a squadron of attack drones that targeted the Yodfat Military Industries Company southeast of the city of Acre. The operation resulted in two injuries, according to the IOF. However, Hebrew reports indicate that nine injured persons have been transferred to a hospital as a result of the drone attack. 

Hezbollah published footage of its fighters targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Shomera near the Lebanese border. 

Another statement by the Lebanese resistance movement said that an Israeli infantry force in the town of Houla was targeted with a guided rocket, resulting in deaths and injuries.
In another statement, Hezbollah said it fired a done at a gathering of Israeli forces northeast of Manara that accurately hit its target, killing and wounding them.

Throughout Sunday, missiles landed across northern and central Israel as well as areas near Haifa amid the launch of missile salvos from Lebanon. 

This comes after the Lebanese Hezbollah issued evacuation orders for “settlers to leave” dozens of areas in northern Israel and the occupied Golan.

The video message informed the settlers that the Israeli army is “using your settlements to launch attacks at Lebanon”. The video warned that these settlements will come under Hezbollah fire and warned the residents there to evacuate “for your own safety”.   

A gathering of Israeli soldiers in Malikiyah, Karmiel, Nahariyya was also targeted with a rocket barrage, which Hezbollah said was carried out “within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to settlements in the north.”

Sirens also sounded in Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings, as well as in Kfar Giladi, Misgav Am, and Margaliot.

On Sunday evening, Hebrew media reported that 26 IOF soldiers were injured in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.

Hezbollah emphasized in its statements that these operations are being carried out in support of the resilient Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in defense of Lebanon and its people.