Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon close to the Beaufort Castle as seen from a position across the border in the Upper Galilee, in northern Israel on June 4, 2026. AFP
"Several military personnel, including an officer, were martyred in a barbaric Israeli raid targeting a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road," the army said in a statement posted to X.
Since 2 March, Israel has killed 3,468 people and wounded thousands in Lebanon and displaced more than one million others.
US President Donald Trump announced on June 3 that he had brokered a deal that Lebanon said would halt Israeli attacks on Beirut and Hezbollah's retaliatory attacks on Israeli territory, before expanding in scope.
Since then, Israel has said it has Washington's backing to strike Beirut's southern suburbs.
Hezbollah, for its part, said that "in response to the Israeli enemy army's violation of the ceasefire", its fighters would continue targeting Israeli soldiers.
A truce to halt the fighting in Lebanon was meant to take hold on April 17, but has never been observed, as Israel has continued to violate it, as it did following a previous ceasefire reached in November 2024.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged on Saturday Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who had criticised Tehran for interfering in his country, to save Lebanon from its "real foe".
"Based on Mr Aoun's comments, one would think it's Iran that has occupied 1/5 of Lebanon, displaced 1/4 of the Lebanese, and is bombing his country daily... Save Lebanon from your real foe, Mr President," Araghchi wrote on X.
This came after Lebanon's leaders issued pointed calls for Iran to stop "interfering" in their country's affairs on Friday.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam addressed Iran's leaders in frank terms during a press conference, saying: "Have mercy on our south, stop treating it and its people as merely a bargaining chip."
"We are the people of a sovereign nation that refuses to serve as... an open battlefield for their wars."
President Joseph Aoun offered a similar message for Iran in an interview with CNN. "It's not your country, it's our country," he said. "It's not your job to interfere in our country."
"Hezbollah must understand that (there is)... no other way to solve this problem and to save what's left except through negotiation and diplomacy," he said.
Lebanese and Israeli envoys in Washington agreed to a truce this week that was conditional on a "complete cessation" of Hezbollah fire, without mentioning a halt to Israeli attacks.
Hezbollah rejected the deal on Thursday, demanding a comprehensive ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon instead.
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri said Friday that the group would withdraw from the area south of Lebanon's Litani River if these conditions were met.
Hezbollah had vehemently opposed the government's engagement with Israel, with its leader Naim Qassem describing the talks as a "farce."
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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