War on Two Fronts: 8 killed in north

From Ynet News 12/7/06, by Hanan Greenberg (includes VIDEO) ...

Hizbullah terrorists infiltrate Israel territory, kidnap two IDF soldiers; three reserve soldiers killed during raid, four others killed as their tank drives over bomb during search for abducted troops; eighth soldier killed trying to retrieve comrades’ bodies. Northern Command chief: We assume two abducted soldiers are alive; there are blood stains at the scene. Hizbullah says soldiers in ‘safe place’

... Three were killed when Hizbullah operatives attacked their patrol, and four more were killed when their tank drove up on a roadside bomb as they pursued the Hizbullah operatives, who also kidnapped two soldiers, residents of Yanuch and Kiryat Motzkin.

....IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz advised the government to authorize a harsh operation that would "change the rules of the game." ...Defense Minister Amir Peretz authorized a series of operations against Hizbullah strongholds in southern Lebanon.

...The operation aimed at locating the abducted troops and the bodies of the fallen soldiers is being carried out under heavy enemy fire; the army has not been able to retrieve the soldiers’ bodies as of yet.

IDF sources said the Hizbullah terrorists began to evacuate their outposts only a short time before the attack, adding that there was no sign they were planning a large-scale operation inside Israeli territory.