Two Israeli Soldiers Jailed Over Virgin Mary Statue Desecration in Lebanon

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Two Israeli Soldiers Jailed Over Virgin Mary Statue Desecration in Lebanon
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Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to military prison after one placed a cigarette in the Virgin Mary statue’s mouth in southern Lebanon and the other photographed the act; sentences were 21 days and 14 days, respectively, in a case that drew international condemnation amid ongoing Israel–Hezbollah clashes.

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