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Lebanese army says soldier killed in IDF strike, charges Israel obstructing efforts to restore stability
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Smoke rises from the site of a string of Israeli airstrikes that hit targets in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 20, 2026 (Abbas FAKIH / AFP)
The Lebanese army says an Israeli strike killed one of its soldiers in the country’s south, despite a new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah reached yesterday.
“An Israeli enemy strike targeted an army soldier on the Kfar Rumman-Nabatieh road, leading to his martyrdom,” an army statement says, charging that “the continuation of brutal Israeli attacks aims to obstruct any solution that would allow for restoring stability in Lebanon.”
There is no comment from the Israel Defense Forces.
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