The rubble of a destroyed building in Nabatiyeh, on March 18, 2026, following Israeli bombardments. Photo Abbas Fakih /AFP The rubble of a destroyed building is pictured after overnight Israeli bombardment on a civil defence station in Lebanon's southern city of Nabatieh on Marsch 18, 2026. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when pro-Iran Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader. (Photo by Abbas Fakih / AFP)
Since the start of the war, at least five Lebanese soldiers have been killed by the Israeli army. In the most recent Israeli attack, three soldiers were killed and five others wounded in the Nabatieh district on Tuesday. Some were on their way home, while others were returning to their units. The attack was “definitely deliberate,” several military sources told L’Orient-Le Jour, noting that the soldiers were targeted while in uniform.The Lebanese Army confirmed Tuesday that one soldier died of wounds sustained in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of five soldiers traveling in a civilian vehicle on a road in Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr (Nabatieh district). Two other soldiers were targeted in a separate drone strike while riding a scooter in Zibdin (Nabatieh). According to information obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour, army investigations...
Since the start of the war, at least five Lebanese soldiers have been killed by the Israeli army. In the most recent Israeli attack, three soldiers were killed and five others wounded in the Nabatieh district on Tuesday. Some were on their way home, while others were returning to their units. The attack was “definitely deliberate,” several military sources told L’Orient-Le Jour, noting that the soldiers were targeted while in uniform.The Lebanese Army confirmed Tuesday that one soldier died of wounds sustained in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of five soldiers traveling in a civilian vehicle on a road in Qaaqaaiyet al-Jisr (Nabatieh district). Two other soldiers were targeted in a separate drone strike while riding a scooter in Zibdin (Nabatieh). According to information obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour, army...
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