US EditionBlast at Hezbollah Site in Lebanon Kills Six Soldiers
WADI ZIBQIN, TYRE DISTRICT, LEBANON, AUG 9 – The soldiers were dismantling Hezbollah-linked munitions amid a government plan to disarm the group, which Iran and Hezbollah oppose, officials said.
- On August 9, the Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot in Wadi Zibqin near the Israeli border killed six soldiers while they dismantled munitions from a Hezbollah facility.
- Under heavy US pressure, the Lebanese government decided this week to disarm Hezbollah, which Iran and Hezbollah have rejected, with Iran opposing the effort on Saturday.
- Recent UNIFIL reports show that peacekeepers and Lebanese troops found three bunkers, artillery, rocket launchers, hundreds of shells, and about 250 IEDs in the Wadi Zibqin area.
- Investigations into the blast have begun, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, US envoy Tom Barrack, and Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Ammar offering condolences.
- Despite last year's ceasefire, Israel has continued strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and tensions remain high in the region.
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Blast at Hezbollah site kills six Lebanese soldiers
The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility. Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been deploying in the country's south and dismantling the Iran-backed militant group's infrastructure in the region. The deaths come after the Lebanese gove…
Six defuse bombers have been killed in an explosion in an ammunition depot in Lebanon.
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MM News TVBlast at Hezbollah site in Lebanon kills six soldiers
BEIRUT: The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday (Aug 9), with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility. Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops h
The Lebanese Army announced the death of six of its soldiers in an explosion during a demining operation in a "arms depot" in southern Lebanon, belonging to Hezbollah.
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