Lebanese army says soldier killed in Israeli strike in country's south

Published June 20, 2026 Updated June 20, 2026 05:00pm

The Lebanese army says an Israeli strike has killed one of its soldiers in the country’s south, despite a new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah reached a day earlier, Reuters reports.

“An Israeli enemy strike targeted an army soldier on the Kfar Rumman-Nabatieh road, leading to his martyrdom,” an army statement says, charging that “the continuation of brutal Israeli attacks aims to obstruct any solution that would allow for restoring stability in Lebanon”.