2 Lebanese Soldiers Killed in Israeli Airstrike

A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlayleh on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlayleh on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
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2 Lebanese Soldiers Killed in Israeli Airstrike

A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlayleh on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlayleh on November 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)

The Lebanese army said an Israeli strike on Sunday hit a military center in southeastern al-Mari, killing two soldiers. There was no immediate Israeli comment.

"The Israeli enemy directly targeted an army center" in al-Mari in the Hasbaya area, causing "the death of one of the soldiers and the wounding of three others, one of whom is in critical condition," the army said in a statement.

A separate statement shortly afterwards said "a second soldier" had died of his wounds.

Israeli fire has killed more than a dozen Lebanese soldiers since all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted in September.

Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel the day after Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack ignited the war in Gaza. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Lebanon and the conflict steadily escalated, erupting into war in September. Israeli forces invaded Lebanon on Oct. 1.

Hezbollah has continued to fire dozens of projectiles into Israel daily and has expanded their range to central Israel.



Israeli Strikes Kill 47 People in Eastern Lebanon

Rescuers evacuate bodies of victims from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Rescuers evacuate bodies of victims from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
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Israeli Strikes Kill 47 People in Eastern Lebanon

Rescuers evacuate bodies of victims from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Rescuers evacuate bodies of victims from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)

Israeli strikes killed at least 47 people in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, a Lebanese official said.

Bachir Khodr, governor of Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel province, said at least 47 were killed and 22 wounded in Israeli strikes in the Baalbek region.

Posting on X, he said rescue operations were underway.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,583 people and wounded 15,244 in Lebanon since October 2023, with 25 fatalities reported on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said on Thursday.