Eight Israeli soldiers killed during fighting in southern Lebanon

Earlier, the military had announced that a 22-year-old captain in a commando brigade was killed in Lebanon, the first Israeli combat death since the start of the incursion

A woman holds her cat in front of a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

Israel’s ground incursion into Lebanon to battle Hezbollah militants has left eight Israeli soldiers dead while the region braced for further escalation as the government vowed to retaliate for Iran’s ballistic missile attack.

The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in two separate attacks.