Lebanese army fires back at Israel for the first time: Following death of soldier
It has been announced that one Lebanese soldier was killed and another wounded in attacks carried out by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese army returned fire at Israeli forces for the first time after one of its soldiers was killed in the attacks on the south.
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In a statement on the X social media account of the Lebanese Armed Forces, it was stated that a soldier working with the Lebanese Red Cross was killed and another was wounded in an attack carried out by the Israeli army in the town of Taybeh.
The statement reported that a soldier lost his life as a result of the Israeli army targeting a center belonging to the Lebanese army in the Bint Jbeil region of southern Lebanon.
FIRST TIME RETALIATION AGAINST ISRAEL
Lebanese soldiers returned fire for the first time in response to the fire opened in Bint Jbeil.
The number of Lebanese soldiers killed in the clashes that have been ongoing on the Lebanese border between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8, 2023, has risen to 4.
GOVERNMENT HAD DECLARED IT DID NOT WANT WAR
The Lebanese state has been calling for an end to the clashes between Hezbollah and Israel, stating that it does not want war.
The army also denied claims that it had withdrawn its forces from the border prior to Israel's ground operation against Lebanon on the night of Monday, September 30.
ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON LEBANON
?1,374 people killed in Israel's intensifying attacks in Lebanon
The Israeli army, which has been engaged in controlled clashes with Hezbollah since October 8, 2023, detonated pagers and radios used by Hezbollah on September 17-18, and launched hundreds of airstrikes on southern Lebanese cities as well as the Bekaa and Baalbek regions on September 23.
According to Lebanese authorities, a total of 1,374 people, including 104 children and 194 women, have been killed since September 17, when the communication devices used by Hezbollah were detonated.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in airstrikes carried out by the Israeli army on Beirut on September 27.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced within the country due to Israeli bombardment.
While the wave of migration from the southern parts of the country to the capital Beirut and the north continues, it is stated that tens of thousands of people have migrated to Syria.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, is responding to Israel with rockets and missiles. No major damage has been reported in these attacks, which mostly target army bases on the Israeli side.