In separate strikes, Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers

The Lebanese army says that an Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three other troops on Friday, an incident that entangles the country’s official army in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. As Israel escalates its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border, the troops have increasingly found themselves in the crossfire. Friday’s strike comes hours after Israeli troops also fired on the the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days.