Hezbollah Ammunition Depot Explosion Kills Six Lebanese Soldiers South of Litani
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\nSix Lebanese army soldiers were killed and others wounded on Friday while inspecting a Hezbollah weapons depot in Majdal Zoun and Wadi Zibqin, Tyre, Arab News reported. The dead included four members of the 5th Infantry Brigade and two from the Engineering Regiment.<\/p>\n
The explosion occurred during operations to dismantle ammunition seized south of the Litani River under UN Resolution 1701. President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam offered condolences, praising the army as Lebanon\u2019s \u201cprotective shield\u201d and \u201cguardian of sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident follows a government decision to restore state control over arms, opposed by Hezbollah. The army has also warned citizens against unrest after calls for pro-Hezbollah protests surfaced on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hezbollah Ammunition Depot Explosion Kills Six Lebanese Soldiers South of Litani ————————————— Six Lebanese army soldiers were killed and others wounded on Friday while inspecting a Hezbollah weapons depot in Majdal Zoun and Wadi Zibqin, Tyre, Arab News reported. The dead included four members of the 5th Infantry Brigade and two from the Engineering Regiment. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lebanon"],"yoast_head":"\n