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Lebanon backpedals after blaming Israel for troop injuries
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Lebanese army walks back its claim that the Israeli military struck its soldiers in southern Lebanon a short while ago.
An examination at the scene determined that the explosion that lightly wounded five Lebanese soldiers “was caused by a suspicious object,” the Lebanese Armed Forces says.
Further details are under investigation, the LAF adds.
The IDF had said it was unaware of any strikes in the Kafra area of southern Lebanon, after the Lebanese army blamed it for injuring the troops.
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