2 Lebanese soldiers killed, 3 injured in Israeli strike on army post

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Two Lebanese soldiers were killed, and three others wounded in an Israeli strike on an Army post in southern Lebanon on Friday, the Army said...

The incident takes the number of Lebanese soldiers killed on duty to five, in addition to 16 killed off-duty, a security source told Reuters..

"This persistent Israeli crime against Lebanon did not spare today the brave soldiers who are carrying out their national duty in protecting the land and defending the people", he said in a statement...

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