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Israeli army says soldier killed in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Thursday that one of its soldiers was killed in southern Lebanon, the first fatality since the announcement of a new ceasefire plan.

Captain Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, 21, "fell in combat" the military said in a brief statement. A military source told AFP that he was killed by a missile fired by Hezbollah at an Israeli tank.

Source: Agence France Presse


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