Israeli Soldier Dead and Two Lebanese Troops Shot as Border Tensions Escalate
Israel said it had shot two Lebanese soldiers early on Monday just hours after a sniper in Lebanon’s army had killed one of its troops, leading to fears of escalating cycles of retaliation on the tense border between the two countries.
Lieutenant Libby Weiss, an Israeli Defence Force (IDF) spokesperson, said the shootings happened shortly after midnight after Israeli troops had identified “suspicious movement”along the frontier. The conditions of soldiers was unclear and there was no immediate response from the Lebanese military.
The incident followed the death of Master Sergeant Shlomi Cohen, 31, after he was hit by sniper fire as he travelled in a military vehicle along the border region near the Rosh Hanikra crossing, close to the Mediterranean coast on Sunday evening.
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