Blast in Lebanese Army vehicle kills 4, injures 4 in south

A tragic incident unfolded in the southern Lebanese town of Braiqaa on Sunday when an explosion involving unexploded ordnance claimed the lives of four individuals and injured four others. The blast occurred inside a Lebanese Army vehicle, and among the dead were an army officer and two soldiers, according to local media sources.

Earlier in the week, another fatal explosion took place when a soldier was killed inside a Hezbollah tunnel in the same southern region. The Lebanese Army later issued a statement confirming that during an engineering survey in the Tyre district, a suspicious object detonated, resulting in one fatality and three injuries among its personnel.

Tensions Amid Disarmament Agreements and Military Surveys

These incidents come in the context of ongoing efforts to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which was established to end the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. The resolution demands the disarmament of all non-state armed factions and mandates that only the Lebanese military and United Nations peacekeepers operate in the southern part of the country.

As part of a more recent truce in November, Hezbollah agreed to pull its forces north of the Litani River and dismantle its military infrastructure in the south. Although Israel was expected to withdraw from Lebanese territory by mid-February, it has retained troops in five strategic positions.

Throughout the conflict and its aftermath, Israeli forces discovered extensive Hezbollah tunnel networks in southern Lebanon. A source close to Hezbollah recently stated that approximately 190 of the group’s 265 military sites located south of the Litani have been transferred to the Lebanese Army.