Israel military says 4 soldiers killed in south Lebanon

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The Israeli military has said four soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon where its forces are clashing with Hezbollah, AFP reports.

A military statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat” and a separate statement said another soldier, who had not yet been publicly named, had died in the same incident.

Another soldier was severely wounded and a reservist moderately wounded, according to the second statement.

A first responder works at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. — AFP
A first responder works at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Hanouiyeh, east of Tyre, on March 30, 2026. — AFP

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