Web desk: Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a military base in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand.
The attack also left at least 17 civilians injured, some of whom were living in the vicinity of the facility. The strike is part of ongoing tensions between Israel and Lebanon, with the area witnessing increasing military activity in recent weeks, Said country military and Ministry of Public Health.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said that 17 people were injured in the strike after reporting earlier that Israeli attacks across the country over the previous 24 hours had killed 28 people and wounded 107.
Death toll in Lebanon since fighting erupted between Hezbollah and Israel in October 2023 to 3,544 dead and more than 15,000 injured.
The Lebanese army’s spokesperson, Fadi Eid, told The Associated Press (AP) news agency before the attack in Sarafand that 38 soldiers had been killed in Israeli strikes since October last year.
The three latest casualties bring the overall death toll in the Lebanese army to 41, the AP reported.
