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Israel kills three more Lebanese soldiers in a bombing in the south of the country

The Lebanese army has said that three of its soldiers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike during an operation to evacuate the wounded in the town of Yeter in southern Lebanon. It is the second similar incident in less than a week and the US has expressed its “concern” that the Israeli attacks involve victims of Lebanese forces, against whom Israeli forces are not fighting.

A statement published through them said, “The Israeli enemy attacked Lebanese Army soldiers carrying out an operation to evacuate the wounded in the outskirts of the southern town of Yair, Bint Jbeil, resulting in the death of three martyrs, including an officer.” Died.” Profile on the social network X.

The incident comes just days after the Israeli military was forced to apologize for the deaths of three other Lebanese soldiers in a bombing last Sunday. Israel assured that its troops deployed in Lebanon “do not operate against the Lebanese army” and that they were not aware that the attacked vehicle was property of the armed forces.

Before learning of the latest incident, the United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, had expressed his “deep concern” about Israel’s attacks against the Lebanese Army, in the context of three deaths over the weekend. In total, eight regular Lebanese soldiers died due to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Austin expressed this concern in a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant, to whom he highlighted the importance of adopting “all necessary measures to guarantee the security” of both the Lebanese Armed Forces and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. ,