Israelis blow up house in southern Lebanon 'in memory' of slain soldier

Описание: Israel has released footage of the military destroying a home in southern Lebanon "in memory" of a soldier who was killed in fighting in the country.

Far-right journalist Yinon Magal posted the video on X, which appeared to show Battalion 7106 remotely targeting a house in the village of Kfar Kila.

Magal wrote that the blast was carried out "during the siren yesterday in memory of Lidor Porat, a soldier in our support unit who fell on Motzaei Shabbat", referring to the time in the evening that marks the end of the Jewish holy day.

Porat, a 31-year-old soldier from Ashdod, was killed over the weekend after his unit ran over an explosive device likely set by the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

His death brought to 15 the number of Israelis killed in Lebanon since 28 February, when the US and Israel launched a war on Iran that has dragged in a range of regional actors.


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