BEIRUT: Five Lebanese soldiers were killed in a blast on Saturday while removing munitions from a Hezbollah military facility in south Lebanon, a military source told AFP.
Under a November truce that ended a recent war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, the army has been deploying in south Lebanon and dismantling the militant group’s infrastructure there.
“Five soldiers were killed in an explosion... inside a Hezbollah military facility,” the source said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to brief the media.
The blast erupted as the troops were “removing munitions and unexploded ordnance left over from the recent war” between Israel and Hezbollah, the source said.
The army did not immediately issue a statement.
