The Israeli military expressed its regret for the “injury” of Lebanese soldiers due to a technical malfunction during a strike in southern Lebanon that targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.

Axar.az informs, citing foreign media, IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee, wrote on X that "The IDF attacked an engineering vehicle in the Al-Naqoura area in southern Lebanon last night, which was attempting to restore Hezbollah infrastructure.

During the attack, a technical malfunction occurred causing the ammunition not to explode - and it fell to the ground. Later, several Lebanese army personnel were reported injured."

According to him, "The possibility that this resulted from the explosion of Israeli ammunition is being examined. The IDF expresses regret for the injury to Lebanese army soldiers and will investigate the incident. We did not attack Lebanese army soldiers."

The Lebanese army said on Thursday that two military personnel were killed and two wounded when an Israeli drone crashed and then exploded in the Ras al-Naqoura area of southern Lebanon.