Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrike hours after UN peacekeepers HQ fired on
by Julian Borger from World news | The Guardian on (#6RDBP)
Two incidents in Lebanon prompt growing concern over Israel's escalating campaign and the spreading Middle East conflict
An Israeli airstrike has killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three others, hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for the second time in as many days.
The two incidents on Friday prompted further concern over Israel's escalating campaign, amid waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon. Lebanon's army has not been involved in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and it withdrew its forces from the border between the two countries when Israel launched its invasion last month.
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