{"id":2127,"date":"2025-08-09T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/09\/six-lebanese-soldiers-killed-in-explosion-in-southern-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:35:48","slug":"six-lebanese-soldiers-killed-in-explosion-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/09\/six-lebanese-soldiers-killed-in-explosion-in-southern-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deadly explosion at weapons depot comes as army has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At least six Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an explosion as they were inspecting a weapons depot in southern Lebanon, the military has announced.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Saturday, the Lebanese army said the unit was dismantling the contents of the depot in the Wadi Zibqin area, in the Tyre region, when the explosion occurred. It said other soldiers were injured but did not specify how many.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The Lebanese army has been working with the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) to dismantle Hezbollah military infrastructure as part of a ceasefire deal<\/a> with Israel that came into force in November.<\/p>\n

The deadly explosion comes as the Lebanese government this week approved<\/a> United States-backed plans to disarm Hezbollah \u2013 a move the Lebanese group has rejected, saying such demands serve Israeli interests.<\/p>\n

It also comes just days after Andrea Tenenti, a spokesperson for UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, said troops had \u201cdiscovered a vast network of fortified tunnels\u201d in the same area.<\/p>\n

UN spokesperson Farhan Haq had told reporters that peacekeepers and Lebanese troops found \u201cthree bunkers, artillery, rocket launchers, hundreds of explosive shells and rockets, anti-tank mines and about 250 ready-to-use improvised explosive devices\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\ud83e\uddf5 Lebanese army soldiers work alongside @UNIFIL_<\/a> peacekeepers every day to restore security and stability to south Lebanon. pic.twitter.com\/8s5EkNAdSh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Diodato Abagnara (@DiodatoAbagnara) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said in a social media post on Saturday that \u201cLebanon mourns\u201d the soldiers who were killed \u201cwhile fulfilling their national duty\u201d.<\/p>\n

Diodato Abagnara, head of the UNIFIL mission, also expressed condolences to the troops and their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral dedicated Lebanese soldiers were killed and others injured, simply doing their job to restore stability and avoid a return to open conflict,\u201d Abagnara wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cSincere wishes for a full and fast recovery for the injured. Peacekeepers will continue to support the Lebanese Armed Forces and their work to restore stability, however we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deadly explosion at weapons depot comes as army has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. At least six Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an explosion as they were inspecting a weapons depot in southern Lebanon, the military has announced. In a statement on Saturday, the Lebanese army said the unit was dismantling the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}