JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said on Sunday that it was looking into the authenticity of an image circulating on social media that appears to show a soldier in south Lebanon hitting a statue of Jesus Christ with a hammer. Spokesman Nadav Shoshani said on X that the army “is currently examining the reliability of the photograph.” “If this is indeed a real, recent picture, these actions do not align with the IDF’s values and the behavior expected of IDF soldiers.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said on Sunday that it was looking into the authenticity of an image circulating on social media that appears to show a soldier in south Lebanon…

A viral photo of an Israeli solider smashing the head of a statue of Jesus in Lebanon is real, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Sunday.