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Posted on March 27, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleTwo sources report over 400 Hezbollah fighters killed since the new war's start on March 2; Israel claims its air and ground campaign killed at least 700, including elite Radwan Force. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 1,142 killed overall, not distinguishing combatants from civilians.
BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) - More than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah's count told Reuters.
The figure was the first overall toll provided of Hezbollah fighters killed in Israel's expanding air and ground campaign in Lebanon. The group has issued sporadic notices for a few individual fighters but has not provided an official overall toll.
In a 2023-2024 war with Israel, Hezbollah issued daily death notices for each fighter killed and said after the war that some 5,000 had been killed in total.
The Israeli military gave a higher toll of the group's latest losses than the sources, saying this week it has killed at least 700 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, including hundreds of members of the group's elite Radwan Force.
Lebanon's health ministry said on Friday that Israeli strikes and ground operations had killed 1,142 people in Lebanon. They include 122 children, 83 women and 42 medical personnel. The health ministry does not otherwise distinguish between civilians and combatants.
On Friday, the Israeli military said that a soldier and a combat officer had been severely injured overnight during its operations in Lebanon. The military has previously said four of its soldiers have been killed in fighting in southern Lebanon.
(Reporting by Beirut bureau; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
More than 400 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the current conflict with Israel since March 2, according to sources familiar with Hezbollah's count.
The Israeli military claims it has killed at least 700 Hezbollah fighters, a higher toll than the 400 reported by sources close to Hezbollah.
Four Israeli soldiers have reportedly been killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, with a soldier and a combat officer severely injured overnight.
The Lebanese health ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its casualty reports, except for young children, women, and medical personnel.
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