Israeli naval commandos have seized a trainee mariner a military official described as a "senior operative" of Hezbollah in a raid in Lebanon and brought him to Israel for questioning.

Israeli forces, numbering 50,000, have been engaged in a month-long conflict with Hezbollah at the Lebanon border but have failed to capture any Lebanese villages, according to Yedioth Ahronoth. The IDF launched a 'limited' ground offensive on September 30,