Blida : Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday, October 30, and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said.

The incident in the town of Blida sparked condemnation by Lebanese officials and a protest by residents.

The Israeli army said in a statement that the soldiers had entered to “destroy terrorist infrastructure” belonging to the militant group Hezbollah and “identified a suspect” inside the building, whom they attempted to apprehend.

It said they had fired to “neutralise a threat” and that the details of the incident were under investigation.

Since a US-brokered ceasefire nominally halted the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November, Israel has continued to launch near-daily strikes on Lebanon, saying i

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