d on Israeli forces after two of their soldiers were killed in separate incidents. It was the first time the official military has done so since Hezbollah and Israel began clashing in October 2023 over Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

One Lebanese soldier was killed and another wounded while taking part in an evacuation and rescue mission jointly with the Lebanese Red Cross, while a second was killed by an Israeli attack on a military post in the Bint Jbeil area of southern Lebanon.

The escalation comes as the death toll in Israel's attacks on Lebanon in the past year reached 1,974 people, including 127 children, the majority in the past week.