Lebanese soldiers injured while Israeli troops intrude on southern town

Israeli troops intruded into the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, where they reportedly built an earth barrier, according to Al Jazeera. Lebanese soldiers were injured in the incident while disarming unexploded ordnance nearby. The area lies close to the Israel-Lebanon border, a frontier that has seen repeated friction since the ceasefire ending last year's wider conflict.

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