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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger

Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrike hours after UN peacekeepers HQ fired on

A Unifil observation post ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon
A Unifil observation post ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon. Unifil says an IDF bulldozer damaged one of its observation positions on the Israel-Lebanon boundary. Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters

An Israeli airstrike has killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three others, hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for the second time in as many days.

The two incidents on Friday prompted further concern over Israel’s escalating campaign, amid waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon. Lebanon’s army has not been involved in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and it withdrew its forces from the border between the countries when Israel launched its invasion last month.

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