Hezbollah works to curb hefty losses in Israel clashes

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...losses-israel-clashes-sources-say-2023-10-30/

• Summary

• Hezbollah has lost almost 50 fighters in past three weeks
• Israeli drone strikes blamed for high death toll - sources
• Hezbollah unveils surface-to-air missile capability
• Lebanese group seeks to keep clashes contained - sources

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - With dozens of Hezbollah fighters killed in three weeks of border clashes with Israel, the Lebanese group is working to stem its losses as it prepares for the possibility of a drawn-out conflict, three sources familiar with its thinking said.

The Iran-backed group has lost 47 fighters to Israeli strikes at Lebanon's frontier since its Palestinian ally Hamas and Israel went to war on Oct. 7 - about a fifth of the number killed in a full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.