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Lebanon army says Israeli strike in south kills two including soldier

Lebanon’s army said Wednesday that one of its soldiers was among two people killed in an Israeli strike in the country’s south, the latest deadly raid despite a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Lebanon.

“A soldier and his brother were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted them in the town of Khirbet Selm in Bint Jbeil (district) while they were travelling on a motorbike” heading home from the soldier’s post, the army statement said.

Smoke rises following explosions in southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, 28 April, 2026. (Reuters/Shir Torem)

Smoke rises following explosions in southern Lebanon, 28 April, 2026. (Reuters/Shir Torem)