Israeli military announces its first combat deaths since incursions in Lebanon began

The Israeli military has announced its first combat death since launching ground operations in Lebanon this week. 

The military said Wednesday that 22-year-old Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, who was in a commando brigade, was killed in combat in Lebanon.

Hezbollah said its fighters were clashing with Israeli troops who had "infiltrated" a southern border village. 

• Fourteen Israeli servicemen were killed in clashes with Hezbollah fighters on the border with Lebanon, Sky News Arabia television reported, citing Israeli military sources.

According to previous reports, four soldiers were killed and about 20 other wounded during gunfights in the border areas of El-Edeis and Maroun al-Ras, where ambushes had been set up.

The death toll rose after Hezbollah fighters detonated an anti-personnel mine on the border near the village of Khirbet Yarun, the report said. In a post on Telegram, Hezbollah said the explosion killed and wounded some Israeli soldiers.