[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - Fierce battles took place Wednesday between the IDF and Hizballah in the village of Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon, known as Hizballah's capital. At least 25 IDF soldiers were wounded. Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch, commander of the IDF's Galilee division, said Tuesday that troops operating in Bint Jbail had discovered war rooms with eavesdropping and surveillance equipment made by Iran, being used by Hizballah against Israel. Also Tuesday, the Israel Air Force destroyed a Hizballah Katyusha launcher that fired 16 rockets at Haifa less than an hour before. According to IDF estimates, more than 120 rocket launchers have been hit by air attacks.
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