US EditionLebanon says Israeli drone explodes after crash, killing two soldiers
Two Lebanese soldiers died and two were injured when a downed Israeli drone exploded during inspection amid ongoing tensions and military activity near the Lebanon-Israel border.
- On Thursday, the Lebanese army said two Lebanese soldiers were killed and two wounded when a downed Israeli drone exploded during inspection in Naqoura, Tyre district, southern Lebanon.
- The downed drone fell during an attempt to strike an excavator targeted near Naqoura, allegedly restoring Hezbollah positions amid rising tension and near-daily Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah.
- The Israeli military apologized to the Lebanese army on Friday, expressing regret and opening an investigation into the drone explosion that killed two soldiers; Lebanese President Joseph Aoun offered condolences and urged reliance on official statements.
- The U.N. voted to extend UNIFIL with a final one-year extension and plans for orderly drawdown, while the United States has pressed Lebanon to submit a disarmament plan by August 31, 2025.
- Israel's presence at border outposts complicates implementation, as Lebanon's military aims to secure the south but faces challenges from Hezbollah's rejection of disarmament and Israel's five border outposts.
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Lebanon condemns ’killing’ of soldiers in Israeli drone blast
Two Lebanese army members died on Thursday after a fallen Israeli drone they were inspecting in south Lebanon exploded. The drone fell in Ras al-Naqoura, the southernmost point on Lebanon's shoreline close to the border with Israel. The army said in a statement Thursday evening that "while army personnel were investigating an Israeli enemy drone after it fell in the Naqoura area, it exploded, leading to the martyrdom of an officer and a soldier,…
Israel apologizes after 2 Lebanese troops killed by drone blast near border
IDF says a drone malfunction may have caused the explosion that killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded two more near Naqoura; army apologizes, saying the strike targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, not Lebanese army forces
The drone crashed near Ras al-Naqoura, a coastal town close to the Israeli border, and exploded as soldiers were examining the device.
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UpstractIsraeli military expresses regret after drone malfunction, Lebanon says 2 soldiers killed
(Reuters) -The Israeli military expressed its regret for the "injury" of Lebanese soldiers due to a technical malfunction during a strike in southern Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah infrastructure, a
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Business RecorderLebanon says Israeli drone explodes after crash, killing two soldiers
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s army said two personnel were killed Thursday after an Israeli drone that had crashed in the country’s south exploded, the latest deadly incident for Lebanese troops near the Israeli border. Under a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s army has been
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