Two Lebanese military personnel killed exploding Israeli drone | World News

The Lebanese army said on Thursday that two of its military personnel were killed and two were wounded when an Israeli drone crashed and then exploded in the Ras al-Naqoura area of southern Lebanon.
According to the army, the drone exploded while the personnel were searching it.
“While army personnel were inspecting an Israeli enemy drone after it fell in the Naqura area, it exploded, leading to the death of an officer and a soldier and wounding two other personnel,” the army said.
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Under a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities, including two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s army has been deploying in the country’s south and dismantling the Iran-backed terror group’s infrastructure there with the support of UN peacekeepers.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says in a statement that “the army is once again paying in blood the price of maintaining stability in the south.”
He says it was the fourth deadly incident for the army since it began deploying in south Lebanon after the ceasefire.
Lebanese Prime Miner Nawaf Salam expresses his condolences and the government’s “full solidarity with the military institution.”Story continues below this ad
He says the army is Lebanon’s “safety valve, the stronghold of sovereignty and the support of national unity.”