Israeli-Lebanese Border Tensions Escalate: Soldiers Killed and Injured in Cross-Border Attacks

A Lebanese soldier has been killed and three others wounded in Israeli shelling on a military post near the country's southern border, marking the first death for Lebanon's armed forces since cross-border hostilities began in October. The attack comes amid ongoing exchanges of fire between Israel and armed groups in southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah, but both sides have taken steps to avoid escalation. Tens of thousands of people near the border have evacuated their homes in fear of further escalation.