Four Israeli soldiers missing after navy ship hit by Hizbollah rocket
Four sailors from an Israeli warship got missing Friday night, after the vessel was hit by a projectile launched by Lebanese Hizbollah.
Lebanese ANB television reported earlier that Hizbollah pounded an Israeli gunboat with rocket Friday night, adding that the vessel was sinking.
During Friday’s attack, a foreign civilian vessel, believed to be Egyptian, was also hit and set ablaze. But there was no more reports about whether there were any casualties aboard the foreign vessel that was also struck.
(People’s Daily)
UPDATE: Israel recovers body of one of four missing sailors
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military has recovered the body of one of four sailors reported missing after a naval vessel was hit by Hizbollah fire off the coast of Lebanon, Israeli television reported on Saturday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she could not immediately confirm the report.
UPDATE: Israel recovers remains of three missing sailors
JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) – The Israeli army said on Sunday it had recovered the remains of three sailors missing after a naval warship was hit by Hizbollah fire off the coast of Lebanon last week.
Israel had reported four seamen missing after the Lebanese guerrilla group fired a missile at the ship, deployed off the coast of Beirut, on Friday. The body of another of the four was recovered on Saturday.