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Hizbullah Chief Says 5,000 Fighters Killed and 13,000 Wounded in War with Israel
(Reuters) Hizbullah chief Naim Qassem said in a televised speech on Aug. 5 that in the war with Israel that ended in November, 5,000 Hizbullah fighters were killed and 13,000 wounded, the first official toll the group has given. Washington and Beirut have been in talks since June on a U.S. roadmap to fully disarm Hizbullah in exchange for a halt to Israeli strikes, the withdrawal of Israeli troops still occupying five points in south Lebanon, and funds to rebuild areas destroyed during the war.