(KUNA) -- The Israeli army said on Wednesday that it "hardly" evacuated 33 soldiers, four with critical injuries on the outskirts of the town of Bint Jbiel in southern Lebanon. "The army has finally managed to evacuate injured soldiers, despite heavy and continuing military encounters," a military source told Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, reporting through its website.The army acknowledged that one of its well-trained units was ambushed by Hezbollah while progressing into Bint Jbeil. The army has not declared any losses of lives among its soldiers, yet media reports say that at least 13 soldiers were killed as a result of the ambush. Meanwhile, Israeli medical sources said that 55 Israeli soldiers were injured this morning due to missiles launched by Hezbollah on northern Israel. The sources told Ha'artez that 119 missiles hit several Jewish settlements in Haifa, Safad and Tabariya.