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Israel/Lebanon Update: Aug. 8, 2006
August 08, 2006 15 24  GMT
 

The area around Bent Jbail, Lebanon, has again become the most intractable
sector for Israeli operations along the border, although fighting remained
intense in a number of other villages Aug. 8. An Israeli Puma combat
engineer vehicle was hit by a Hezbollah anti-tank rocket or missile in
Dibel. Reports suggest that, in addition to several anti-tank guided
missiles, Hezbollah is equipped with the RPG-29 (an advanced version of the
rocket-propelled grenade), which has both effective anti-tank and
thermobaric anti-personnel rounds.

Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Givati Brigade has been brought up to the
border from Gaza. There is unconfirmed talk of major action planned for
Aug. 9, following Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's statement that he
will place "no limits" on IDF in operations against Hezbollah.

Civilian casualties from the Israeli air force's (IAF) overnight raids in
Beirut and the Bekaa Valley are high. On Aug. 7, the IAF shot down a
Mirsad-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), painted with Hezbollah symbols,
over the Israeli coast. IDF is still unclear about the UAV's objective.
Conflicting reports suggest it may have been rigged with explosives.

Hezbollah had launched about 60 artillery rockets into northern Israel by
6:25 p.m. local time Aug. 8. No major impacts were reported.

[Editor's note: Identities, sizes and locations of IDF units are estimates
compiled from various sources. As more information becomes available, more
units will be added and unit information will become more refined.]