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Saturday, November 9, 2024
In Arabic, IDF condemns video of troops in southern Lebanon burning Lebanese flag
The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman issues a statement distancing the military from a video showing soldiers burning a Lebanese flag during the ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Col. Avichay Adraee condemns the burning of the flag as a violation of IDF rules and values while accusing Hezbollah of long desecrating Lebanese symbols.
The IDF has not commented in Hebrew on the incident.
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Israeli soldiers from Golani’s special operations unit burning the lebanese flag pic.twitter.com/lQk8fTFuH2
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) November 8, 2024