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Blast at Hezbollah Site in Lebanon Kills Six Soldiers
WADI ZIBQIN, TYRE DISTRICT, LEBANON, AUG 9 – The soldiers were dismantling Hezbollah-linked munitions amid a government plan to disarm the group, which Iran and Hezbollah oppose, officials said.
- On August 9, the Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot in Wadi Zibqin near the Israeli border killed six soldiers while they dismantled munitions from a Hezbollah facility.
- Under heavy US pressure, the Lebanese government decided this week to disarm Hezbollah, which Iran and Hezbollah have rejected, with Iran opposing the effort on Saturday.
- Recent UNIFIL reports show that peacekeepers and Lebanese troops found three bunkers, artillery, rocket launchers, hundreds of shells, and about 250 IEDs in the Wadi Zibqin area.
- Investigations into the blast have begun, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, US envoy Tom Barrack, and Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Ammar offering condolences.
- Despite last year's ceasefire, Israel has continued strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and tensions remain high in the region.
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Explosion at Hezbollah site kills six Lebanese soldiers in south Lebanon
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Six Lebanese Army soldiers were killed and others injured in a deadly explosion in Lebanon’s Tyre District during an operation to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure. The Lebanese army said the blast occurred on Saturday in the Wadi Zibqin area, near the coastal city of Tyre. The unit was inspecting and dismantling materials at the time. […]
Blast at Hezbollah site kills six Lebanese soldiers
The Lebanese army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border killed six soldiers on Saturday, with a military source saying the troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility. Under the truce that ended last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been deploying in the country's south and dismantling the Iran-backed militant group's infrastructure in the region. The deaths come after the Lebanese gove…
Six defuse bombers have been killed in an explosion in an ammunition depot in Lebanon.
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