ISRAELI TROOPS KILLED 20 HIZBOLLAH FIGHTERS DURING FRESH INCURSIONS INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS, THE ARMY SAID ON TUESDAY. REUTERS QUOTED AN ARMY SPOKESWOMAN AS SAYING THAT THE LATEST CASUALTIES WERE INFLICTED DURING CLASHES IN THE VILLAGES OF TAIBE, ADAYSEH AND ROB THALATHEEN, A FEW KILOMETRES (MILES) INTO THE LEBANESE FRONTIER. THE ARMY STATEMENT ORIGINALLY SPOKE OF FIGHTING ON TUESDAY, BUT THIS WAS LATER AMENDED TO INCLUDE MONDAY'S TOLL. HIZBOLLAH DENIED SUFFERING SERIOUS NEW CASUALTIES IN THE FIGHTING. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GROUP SAID THAT 43 FIGHTERS HAVE DIED IN ISRAELI ASSAULTS LAUNCHED ON JULY 12. ISRAEL, WHICH HAS LOST 51 SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS, HAS PUT THE OVERALL HIZBOLLAH DEATH TOLL AT MORE THAN 200.
