BEIRUT (AP)--Israel's assault in Lebanon has killed 25 Hezbollah fighters, 17 of them in this weekend's intensified ground fighting near the Lebanese border, a senior Hezbollah official told The AP Tuesday, raising the previously announced toll among the guerrillas.
Israel has said Hezbollah is greatly underreporting its casualties. The Israeli army chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Udi Nehushtan, said Tuesday "some dozens" of Hezbollah fighters have been killed in past two weeks.
Previously, Hezbollah had announced 11 dead. Mahmoud Komati, the deputy chief of the Hezbollah politburo, said as of Monday 25 were killed, including 17 in ground fighting this week.
Over the weekend, Israel seized the border village of Maroun al-Ras in heavy fighting. Monday its troops advanced to the nearby town of Bint Jbail, which it has sealed off as it continues to battle up to 200 guerrillas hunkered down inside.
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