Hezbollah says engaging Israeli forces directly in south Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil

Iran-backed Hezbollah said Thursday its fighters were engaged in point-blank clashes with Israeli forces in the south Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, famous for a fierce battle between the two sides in 2006.

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Bint Jbeil, five kilometers (three miles) from the border, holds symbolic significance for Hezbollah.

It is where its slain chief Hassan Nasrallah delivered a landmark speech in 2000 marking the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon after two decades of occupation.

The militia’s fighters also successfully fended off Israeli forces there during the 2006 war.

With AFP

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