In Bint Jbeil, St.-Sgt. Kobi Smilg, 20, of Rehovot, was killed when a large bomb exploded under his Merkava 4 tank, which flipped over as a result. A battalion commander was wounded in the attack. A few hours later, 21-year-old Lt. Lotan Slavin from Kibbutz Hazeva was killed when his tank was hit - this time by an anti-tank missile.
"...The greatest epic had been written by the heroes of the resistance with their blood in Maroun El-Rass. Eighteen resistance fighters were in Maroun El-Rass region. It was expected that they were capable of repelling the assault for 48 hours. When the result came, they are able to repel the aggression for four days, three of them fell martyrs along with two fighters missing..."