The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s sincere condolences to Lebanon over the death and injury of Lebanese army personnel while performing their duties in southern Lebanon.
The Kingdom affirmed its solidarity with Lebanon’s government and people.
It also praised the efforts of the Lebanese army to uphold the Lebanese government’s sovereignty over all the country’s territory, in a manner that ensures its security and stability and contributes to the prosperity of Lebanon and its people.
Munition in an arms depot in south Lebanon exploded Saturday as army experts were dismantling them, killing six of them and wounding several others, the army said.
The incident occurred on the edge of the southern village of Zibqin in Tyre province, the army said.
On Thursday, the Lebanese cabinet voted in favor of a US-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah and implement a ceasefire with Israel. The Lebanese government asked the national army to prepare a plan in which only state institutions will have weapons by the end of the year.
