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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nAn Israeli strike on a military vehicle in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers Saturday, Lebanon's army said, days after Lebanese and Israeli envoys announced a conditional truce in Washington. The Lebanese army said the attack targeted a vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road, killing personnel, including an officer.\n\n### What did Lebanon and Israel say about the strike?\n\n\"A number of military personnel, including an officer, were martyred in a barbaric Israeli raid targeting a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road,\" the Lebanese army said in a statement on X.\n\nThe Israeli military said the vehicle was \"moving suspiciously\" in \"an active combat zone that had been evacuated,\" adding that it \"operates against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, not against the Lebanese army\" and was \"reviewing the incident.\"\n\nIsraeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon also killed nine people in total on Saturday, including three Lebanese military members, according to the Lebanese army and the Washington Post.\n\n### What is the status of the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel?\n\nA ceasefire that was supposed to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on April 17 but has not been respected. A further conditional truce was announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys in Washington this week, requiring Hezbollah to stop firing, withdraw from near the Israeli border, and allow Lebanon's army to deploy to new \"pilot zones\" where it would exercise exclusive control.\n\nHezbollah has rejected the agreement, calling for a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory instead. Israel on Saturday renewed evacuation orders for five villages in Lebanon's south and east, telling residents to move north of the Zahrani River.\n\n### How did Lebanon's president respond to the strike?]\n\nLebanese President Joseph Aoun denounced the attack as a \"flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty, despite Lebanon's efforts in the Washington negotiations to put an end to the continued Israeli aggression that goes unchecked.\"\n\nThe Lebanese army said in a statement that \"the continuation of the deliberate and repeated brutal Israeli aggression is aimed at thwarting all efforts to reach a solution that will allow for the restoration of stability.\"\n\nIsrael's military Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Telegram that the IDF was \"forced to act\" against Hezbollah due to ceasefire violations.\n\n### What did Lebanon's president say about Iran's role in the conflict?\n\nIn an interview with CNN aired Friday, Aoun said Iran must stop interfering in Lebanon. \"It's not your country, it's our country. It's not your job to interfere into our country,\" he said. He accused Tehran of using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States, calling it \"unacceptable.\" Aoun also urged Hezbollah to pursue dialogue. \"The majority of the Lebanese people are fed up with war,\" he said.\n\n### What is the broader context of the Lebanon conflict?\n\nLebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 to avenge the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli killing of Iran's supreme leader.\n\nIsrael responded with an extensive campaign of airstrikes and a ground invasion that has killed over 3,500 people. Iran insists that Lebanon be included in any agreement with the U.S. to end the wider war, a demand that has complicated peace efforts.\n\nIsrael has killed more than 3,500 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities.",
  "title": "Israeli strike kills three Lebanese soldiers, army says"
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