Two Lebanese officers and one soldier were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday targeting a military vehicle in southern Lebanon.

Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, the vehicle was struck on the Khardali–Nabatieh road, the army said, without providing further immediate details on the circumstances of the attack.

In a statement, the Israeli military said it had targeted the vehicle after identifying what it described as a threat to its forces and receiving indications that Hezbollah was preparing to fire on Israeli troops from the area.

“An initial inquiry showed that two Lebanese army officers and a soldier were inside the vehicle and that the incident is under review,” the Israeli military said.

The Lebanese army has largely remained outside the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and has not taken part in the fighting during the current conflict.