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Last Friday's battle was a continuation of clashes that flared on the previous night. During the exchanges, some 20 Hezbollah gunmen tried to overtake an Israeli position in the security zone.

At least four Hezbollah gunmen were killed, according to an army spokesman.

During last Friday's battle, Hezbollah forces launched rockets and mortars at the Israeli position from a number of locations, some of them residential.