The Israeli army has said that four of its soldiers, including two officers, were injured in a “close-quarter encounter” with a Hezbollah fighter in southern Lebanon’s Beit Yahun municipality, Al Jazeera reports.
The statement said that the fighter threw a grenade at the Israeli forces on Thursday evening, and was killed shortly afterwards in a shootout.
“One officer was moderately wounded in the attack, while another officer and two other soldiers were lightly wounded,” the statement added.
