The IDF said Sunday that a Lebanese Army vehicle struck a Hezbollah explosive device in the Kafra area of southern Lebanon, wounding five soldiers. The military clarified that the mine was not IDF ordnance, and that the incident occurred outside the security zone where Israeli forces were not present.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit released a statement Sunday evening clarifying that an explosion that wounded five Lebanese Army soldiers earlier in the day was caused by a Hezbollah explosive device, not an Israeli mine. The incident occurred in the Kafra area, south of the security zone where Israeli forces operate. The IDF stressed that its forces were not present in the area.
This is the second incident this week involving casualties among Lebanese Army troops in southern Lebanon. Earlier Sunday, the Lebanese Armed Forces reversed an earlier claim that IDF fire had struck its soldiers, saying a suspicious object caused the blast. As The Zioneer reported, the Lebanese Army initially said its troops were hit by Israeli fire but later walked back the claim. The current incident appears to be a separate event, with the IDF explicitly attributing the ordnance to Hezbollah.
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