Hezbollah killed a soldier of the Israeli army 22 years old in the town of Odaisé. The deceased, Eitan Itzhak Osteris the first casualty of the Israeli army in Lebanon. Israeli authorities confirmed this Wednesday death of an officer in combatin the midst of a confrontation between Israelis and terrorists after the start of the ground offensive with the invasion of southern Lebanon by the Netanyahu State.
Israeli authorities only indicated that the commander “fell in Lebanon”, shortly after confirming that events were taking place. “point-blank” confrontations with Hezbollah, in which its soldiers of the 98th Division – in collaboration with the Air Force – eliminated militiamen. Eitan Itzhak Oster was a team commander in the egoz unitguerrilla specialists. The Israeli soldier was 22 years old and from the Israeli town of Modin, near Jerusalem.
Israeli forces also confirmed this Wednesday deployment of the 36th Divisionthe most powerful in his army. Ga’ash (as it is commonly called – “rage” -) includes members of the Golani Brigade, the 188th Armored Brigade, the Etzioni Brigade and other forces “joining the “selective and delimited operation to the south of Lebanon against the infrastructures and terrorist objectives of Hezbollah”. The 36th Division is the strongest armored and infantry contingent of Israel and participated in conflicts such as the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. The offensive will be supported by aviation and artillery.
Terrorists from the Shiite militia party reported early Wednesday fighting with Israeli troops, after “a infiltration attempt» in the surroundings of the town of Odaisé. After that, it became known that Israeli forces had crossed the Blue Linename given to the border real of the two countries, which is why they managed to enter Lebanese territory, in which “they penetrated approximately 400 meters”, in the regions of Jerbet Yarun and Odeisé”, according to the Lebanese.
Iraq threatens US, vetoes Guterres
After the invasion of southern Lebanon and the attack with 200 missiles of Iran in Israel, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katzdeclared to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres person unwelcome and banned them from entering the country.
Also Iraq entered into the conflict of Middle Eastby threatening USA – which alerted Israel to Iran’s plans – by attacking its “interests” if they took “hostile action” against the Iranians. The US Central Command (Centcom) sent three squadrons of combat aircraft composed of F-15E, F-16 and A-10 fighters.
This Wednesday, Israel intensified its invasion in the south of Lebanon and its bombings Beirut. The general Herzi Halevichief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, said Israeli authorities would respond to Iran with an attack demonstrating the country’s “precise and surprising” capabilities, while Netanyahu highlighted their “serious error” that will make them “pay”.
Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting for more than eleven months, since the terrorist group attacked Israeli territory the day after the attack. October 7 Massacre of 2023 perpetrated by Hamas and other Palestinian factions, with which conflict broke out with Loop.
