Lebanon military says one soldier killed, 18 wounded in Israeli strike on army center

PHOTO CAPTION: People gather at the scene where a projectile fell next to a destroyed vehicle, after projectiles crossed over to Israel from Lebanon, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Petah Tikva, Israel, November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

(Reuters) - At least one soldier was killed and 18 others injured, some seriously, after an Israeli attack targeted an army centre in the town of Al-Amiriya on the Al-Qalila-Tyre road in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Sunday.

The attack caused severe damage to the facility, the army added in a post on X.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement that Israel had sent "a direct and bloody message rejecting all efforts to reach a ceasefire, to bolster the Lebanese army's presence in the south, and to implement U.N. resolution 1701".

"This aggression is a matter for the international community, which is silent about what is happening to Lebanon," Mikati added in the statement.

U.N. Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, ended a month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah by establishing a ceasefire and creating a buffer zone between the Litani River and the Israel-Lebanon border in a bid to promote long-term regional stability.



(Reporting by Adam Makary and Menna Alaa; Editing by Gareth Jones)