Lebanese military says strike took place in southwestern Lebanon on coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura while Israeli military says strike is under review

An Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese army centre on Sunday killed one soldier and injured 18 other people, the Lebanese military said. The deadly strike occurred in southwestern Lebanon on the coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura. The Israeli military claimed in a statement issued afterwards that its operations are directed solely against Hezbollah and not the Lebanese military, and that the strike was under review.

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, however, condemned it as an assault on US-led ceasefire efforts, calling it a “direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts” to end the war.

“(Israel is) again writing in Lebanese blood a brazen rejection of the solution that is being discussed,” a statement from his office read.