Beneath the truce that ended final yr’s struggle between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanese troops have been deploying within the nation’s south and dismantling the Iran-backed militant group’s infrastructure within the area.
The deaths come after the Lebanese authorities determined this week to disarm Hezbollah and tasked the military with drawing up a plan to finish the method by yr finish.
Hezbollah has stated it’s going to ignore the cupboard’s resolution, which got here underneath heavy US stress, whereas the group’s backer Iran stated Saturday it opposed the trouble.
A navy assertion gave a preliminary toll of six troopers killed “whereas a military unit was inspecting a weapons depot and dismantling its contents in Wadi Zibqin”, in Tyre district close to the Israeli border.
Investigations had been underway to find out the reason for the blast, it added.
A navy supply, requesting anonymity as they weren’t authorised to temporary the media, instructed AFP the blast happened “inside a Hezbollah navy facility”.
