Six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion in southern Lebanon

Deadly detonation astatine weapons depot comes arsenic service has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure successful confederate Lebanon.

At slightest six Lebanese soldiers person been killed successful an detonation arsenic they were inspecting a weapons depot successful confederate Lebanon, the subject has announced.

In a connection connected Saturday, the Lebanese service said the portion was dismantling the contents of the depot successful the Wadi Zibqin area, successful the Tyre region, erstwhile the detonation occurred. It said different soldiers were injured but did not specify however many.

“An probe is underway to find the origin of the incident,” the connection said.

The Lebanese service has been moving with the United Nations peacekeeping unit successful confederate Lebanon (UNIFIL) to dismantle Hezbollah subject infrastructure arsenic portion of a ceasefire deal with Israel that came into unit successful November.

The deadly detonation comes arsenic the Lebanese authorities this week approved United States-backed plans to disarm Hezbollah – a determination the Lebanese radical has rejected, saying specified demands service Israeli interests.

It besides comes conscionable days aft Andrea Tenenti, a spokesperson for UN peacekeepers successful Lebanon, said troops had “discovered a immense web of fortified tunnels” successful the aforesaid area.

UN spokesperson Farhan Haq had told reporters that peacekeepers and Lebanese troops recovered “three bunkers, artillery, rocket launchers, hundreds of explosive shells and rockets, anti-tank mines and astir 250 ready-to-use improvised explosive devices”.

🧵 Lebanese service soldiers enactment alongside @UNIFIL_ peacekeepers each time to reconstruct information and stableness to southbound Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/8s5EkNAdSh

— Diodato Abagnara (@DiodatoAbagnara) August 9, 2025

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said successful a societal media station connected Saturday that “Lebanon mourns” the soldiers who were killed “while fulfilling their nationalist duty”.

Diodato Abagnara, caput of the UNIFIL mission, besides expressed condolences to the troops and their families.

“Several dedicated Lebanese soldiers were killed and others injured, simply doing their occupation to reconstruct stableness and debar a instrumentality to unfastened conflict,” Abagnara wrote connected X.

“Sincere wishes for a afloat and accelerated betterment for the injured. Peacekeepers volition proceed to enactment the Lebanese Armed Forces and their enactment to reconstruct stability, nevertheless we can.”

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