The Israeli Army named its first casualty: Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, who was killed in Lebanon after clashes with Hezbollah fighters. Hezbollah said its fighters were engaging Israeli forces inside Lebanon on Wednesday, a day after Israel was attacked by Iran in a massive missile barrage.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) named Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, who was killed in Lebanon after Israel launched 'limited' ground raids against Hezbollah in Lebanon. This came after Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces inside Lebanon on Wednesday.

Capt. Eitan Itzhak Oster, of Israel's elite Egoz Commando Unit, died in combat in an undisclosed village in southern Lebanon.

The region is braced for further escalation as Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran's ballistic missile attack.

The Israeli military has announced its first combat death inside Lebanon.

The fatalities were reported just a day after Israel launched a ground incursion into southern Lebanon, intensifying the conflict on its northern front.

During the Iranian missile attack on Israel yesterday, a Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank town of Nu'eima near Jericho after the falling fuselage of an intercepted missile hit him. | OpIndia News

Israel's military announced Wednesday that eight soldiers have died during "combat in southern Lebanon" as troops are wiping out Hezbollah infrastructure.