Lebanese Army Says 3 Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike

Smoke rises as a result of explosions in the southern Lebanese village of Blida, as seen from northern Israel, 20 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises as a result of explosions in the southern Lebanese village of Blida, as seen from northern Israel, 20 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
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Lebanese Army Says 3 Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike

Smoke rises as a result of explosions in the southern Lebanese village of Blida, as seen from northern Israel, 20 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI
Smoke rises as a result of explosions in the southern Lebanese village of Blida, as seen from northern Israel, 20 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

The Lebanese army said Sunday that three soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in southern Lebanon.

There was no immediate comment on that from the Israeli military, which said it struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past day and continued ground operations there.

Lebanon’s army has largely kept to the sidelines in the war.

Israel's military said that Hezbollah fired more than 170 rockets into the country on Sunday. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said that three people were slightly injured from a fire sparked by a rocket attack on the northern city of Safed.

Israel has increased strikes on southern neighborhoods of Beirut known as the Dahiyeh.



Israeli Colonel Killed in Combat in Northern Gaza

An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Israeli Colonel Killed in Combat in Northern Gaza

An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

A 41-year-old Israeli colonel was killed, and another officer was wounded in combat in northern Gaza on Sunday, the Israeli military said.

Israel's Channel 12 and public broadcaster Kan reported an explosive device had gone off under a tank.

Meanwhile, officials in Gaza said rescuers were still recovering people from the rubble after an Israeli attack that killed dozens.

At least 87 people were dead or missing following the air strike on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza late on Saturday, the health ministry in the Palestinian territory said, one of the highest death tolls for months from a single attack. Israel said it was investigating reports of the incident.

It marked an intensification of Israel's offensives against Hamas in Gaza.