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Libya: 2 Dead in LNA Helicopter Crash

Libyan National Army (LNA) members pose for a picture. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Libyan National Army (LNA) members pose for a picture. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
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Libya: 2 Dead in LNA Helicopter Crash

Libyan National Army (LNA) members pose for a picture. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Libyan National Army (LNA) members pose for a picture. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

The Libyan National Army said it lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday.

"The direct impact between two helicopters" caused the death of a general and a technician, LNA spokesman General Miloud al-Zouay said.

"The crew of the second aircraft were unharmed," he told AFP.

The incident occurred around 130 kilometers southeast of Libya's second city Benghazi "while the two aircraft were carrying out a military mission", Zouay added, without elaborating on the nature of the mission.

Images carried by local media and circulating on social networks showed the body of a helicopter in an uninhabited area. AFP was unable to immediately verify the images.

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Seven Israeli Soldiers Killed During Combat in Gaza, Military Says

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Seven Israeli Soldiers Killed During Combat in Gaza, Military Says

A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west of Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

The Israeli military said seven personnel, an officer and six soldiers, were killed in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

In a separate incident, a soldier was severely wounded also in southern Gaza, the military added in a statement on Wednesday.

According to Reuters, Israeli media reported the seven were in the city of Khan Younis when an explosive device planted on their vehicle detonated, setting it on fire.

The war in Gaza was triggered when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's subsequent air and ground war in Gaza has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians, according to its Hamas-run health ministry, while displacing almost the entire population of more than 2 million and spreading a hunger crisis.

According to the military's tallies, 19 soldiers have been killed since the beginning of June during combat in the strip.