Hezbollah killed two Israeli soldiers at a flashpoint Lebanese village. Combatants fired on a paratrooper unit during ongoing battles near Bint Jbeil on Tuesday night, fatally wounding a soldier. Another soldier was killed during efforts to rescue the mortally wounded soldier. Israeli troops and Hezbollah also clashed Wednesday at Aita Shab, another southern Lebanon village where Hezbollah combatants are heavily dug in.
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