Israeli Airstrikes Kill Four Lebanese Soldiers
The Lebanese army said the four troops were killed as a direct result of "hostile Israeli targeting," offering no additional information on the precise locations of the strikes. The Israeli military had not issued any response to the incident at the time of publication.
Israel's aerial campaign sharpened significantly from Wednesday onward, even as a two-week ceasefire — brokered by Pakistan between Washington and Tehran — nominally remained in effect. The truce was designed as a stepping stone toward a permanent halt to the war that Washington and Tel Aviv launched against Tehran on Feb. 28. A central dispute has since emerged over the ceasefire's geographic scope: while Islamabad and Tehran maintain the agreement extends to Lebanon, both Washington and Tel Aviv have flatly rejected that interpretation.
The human cost of Wednesday's strikes alone was staggering. Lebanon's Civil Defense reported that Israeli airstrikes killed at least 254 people and wounded 1,165 others in a single day.
The broader campaign has exacted an even heavier toll. Israel has sustained both airstrikes and a ground offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2 — operations that have continued uninterrupted despite a ceasefire that was supposed to have taken hold in November 2024. Lebanese authorities say the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks has now reached at least 1,739, with a further 5,873 people injured.
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