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In one instance, he said, Israeli troops occupying two houses inadvertently fired at each other because of poor communication between their commanders.
"We almost killed each other," he said. "We shot like blind people. ... We shot sheep and goats."
A total of 118 Israeli soldiers were killed in the fighting as opposed to 68 Hezbollah fighters.
the army was often caught off-guard by a well-trained guerrilla force backed by Iran and Syria that used sophisticated weapons and tactics. Soldiers, for instance, complained that Hezbollah fighters sometimes disguised themselves in Israeli uniforms.
In many cases, soldiers bled to death because they were not rescued in time
The Israeli military said that it was aware of the complaints, had tried to address them in the course of the fighting and had no comment on complaints.